Re: [SLUG] Linux learners box

From: chris lee (foresaken@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat May 15 2004 - 07:10:03 EDT


erk....

i get a new computer every 6 months and max everything on it. im running a Intel P4 3.4ghz with 6gig of PC3200 ram with a 3DLabs VP990Pro video card, dual LCD monitors, Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platium Pro, 1.6Tb total drive space. which kinda explains why i think 750mhz and 256meg or ram is low end.

for me, if its more than 2 years old its an antique. if 5 months ill be dumping this thing off and building something new.

i can probally dig up something from tigerdirect or newegg like was mentioned before.

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Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux learners box
   From: Jan Mason <jan.mason@xmtc.net>
   Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 20:57:00 -0400
     To: slug@nks.net

>chris lee wrote:
>
>> im trying to get ahold of a linux learners box for a friend of mine so i can slowly wean him from the M$ teat but im having a hard time finding something inexpensive that he dosent have to worry about reformatting a few times until he learns.
>>
>> does anybody who goes to the New Port Richey meetings have anything laying around that they can afford to get rid of for maybe 100 - 150$?
>>
>> it dosent have to be strong or fast, a CD drive, a 750mhz CPU, 256meg of ram, a eathernet card and a 10gig drive will do fine.
>>
>> Going for Fedora Core cause it was the first thing a ran across when he told me he wanted to learn Linux.
>>
>> no monitor keyboard or mouse needed because im getting him a hardware KVM so he can switch between his computer and this new (old) one.
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>Yikes! Nice learners box. What would you call my non-learners box?
>PII 300Mhz
>128mb ram
>KRUD Fedora Core 1
>
>I've been running Red Hat on it since version 4.1. Still gets the job
>done. The PII 300Mhz cpu cost $600 when I build the box.
>
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>Jan Mason
>jan.mason@xmtc.net
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