i've never owned a PC or a windoze system (except virtual PC), so i am a particular moron when it comes to intel hardware.
i'd appreciate advice as to how to best buy/build an intel/amd system and build a linux workstation on top of. while i am a wintel moron, i have been using linux for a couple of years, UNIX for 20 years, and i was been a systems engineer for motorola in the distant past so i've been inside hardware before. my linux hardware requirements: 1280x1024x24 or better display USB Firewire SCSI (for scanner) CDR/CDRW DVDR/DVDRW analogue audio input ? composite video input (maybe... i just got a tivo and am amazed at what it can do...) i'd use it for software development, mozilla, some openoffice, vuescanning in photos, gimping/cinepainting photos, watching dvd's, burning mp3 cds, ssh'ing into work and my panix account. i'd probably be happy with a median-level CPU (amd or intel). i'd hate to buy a system with windoze installed. i'll take linux compatibility and support over exotic hardware. if anyone could point me to a good source or strategy as to building such a machine, i'd be most grateful. thanks! -rei -- Rei Shinozuka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ridgewood, New Jersey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
