I plan to do a little bit of everything. I'm an Oracle DBA, and plan to load and develop using Oracle on Linux. I also plan to try some other development as well. I will use it as a very light duty web server, running Apache. I will also use it for normal office work - Open Office, most likely, and Microsoft Office running on Crossover Office from Codeweavers.
I don't do much gaming any more, but I do want the ability to manipulate photos from my digital camera, and I would like to eventually put a TV tuner in and use that. I saw an HP at Walmart the other day. It had a 17inch monitor, Celeron 2.0 (I think), 256MB, 60GB HD, and a cheapo HP printer. All for $698.00. That's about the cheapest I've seen for an entire system. Any reason why that wouldn't work? I really think I'd get the most bang for the buck, though by building my own, and that's why I'm exploring that approach. Having never done it, though, I'm leary about the motherboard, processor and memory. I figure if I can get that right, the rest will be easy. Thanks again for the help! Bill Johnson On Tuesday 21 January 2003 11:01 pm, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:53:25PM -0500, Bill Johnson wrote: > > I'm looking to build a PC upon which I plan to run RedHat 7.3 Linux. Can > > anyone provide recommendations regarding motherboard, processor, video > > card, etc? > > > > I'm planning on something in the range of a P4 1.6 or better, 512 MB ram > > and at least 80GB hard drive. > > You haven't really given us much to go on. What will this system > actually be used for? You can spend a little or a lot and have it work. > I just ordered a Compaq Presario 6000Z (XP2000+ based) system for under > $350 including taxes and shipping with a 40GB drive and 128MB memory but > you can bump those. I'm going to be popping another 256MB when the > system gets here. The system comes with WinXP but that won't last > long... Check out http://www.devsdeals.com for the deal at Staples. Of > course this has a low-end video card, but for what I want (web server > and I doubt I'll even load X), it will suit me just fine. > > Just about any PC will work with Linux. Avoid winmodems though. Video > cards should be spec'ed depending on what you plan on doing. If you're > doing OpenOffice and surfing, you don't need anything more than the > ultra-low end (my current web server has an SiS 6236 that works fine), > but if you're going to playing with 3D graphics and games, you'll need > more. > > You need to consider if you're concerned about video cards with open > source drivers or if proprietary drivers are okay. > > .../Ed -- Bill Johnson "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things that thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3 Please visit the Ministry Resource Online: http://members.aol.com/wejohnson/mro -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
