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Building your own computer for Linux

Started by Pan, Nov 01 2007 06:25 AM

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#1
Pan

Posted 01 November 2007 - 06:25 AM

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If you had to build your own computer for Linux what would your stats be or brand?

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Tor

Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:44 AM

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I like Dell computers. They seem to run Linux well. I would go with ATI video card because it is well supported. I would also go with 4 gigs of ram and 200gb HD (10,000 RPM).

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TcM

Posted 08 January 2008 - 06:21 AM

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Those specs seem good to me too, should work fine.

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 06:57 AM

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Dell actually has a line of computers that come with Linux installed. At my job we only use Dell so I have tested Linux on a lot of them and they generally work well.

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Posted 09 January 2008 - 12:42 AM

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Well I always prefer custom built computers over any pc brand.

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Posted 22 March 2008 - 05:55 PM

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I think just about any stats will work fine with Linux. Get the best :).

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Posted 23 March 2008 - 12:03 AM

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I agree with Wanch. No matter how bad a computer is, it's usually able to run Linux. I've a computer with 64mb ram and 20gb, and it runs Linux like a dream.

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TcM

Posted 23 March 2008 - 01:51 AM

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What distro of linux? I don't think it would be able to run distrol with heavy graphics....

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Posted 23 March 2008 - 02:11 AM

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GNU/Linux Debian and GNOME as desktop environment. GNOME has heavy graphics, but it was able to run it pretty smoothly anyway. I recently changed to Wmii though, which makes it much faster.

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EGS

Posted 29 March 2008 - 12:27 AM

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Dell definitely has good prebuilt PC options that have Ubuntu Linux operating systems already installed, but the specs really aren't that great for its price..

I would build my own, with an Intel Quad Core Q6600 processor, 4GB DDR2-1000mhz RAM, 2x 300GB 10krpm HDD...ahh, that sounds fine for now. :D

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TcM

Posted 29 March 2008 - 04:08 AM

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If I was you, I would go with Core 2 Quad extreme (That would be a 2.6Ghz)

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EGS

Posted 29 March 2008 - 05:52 PM

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TotalPenguin said:

If I was you, I would go with Core 2 Quad extreme (That would be a 2.6Ghz)

They are like $1000 more expensive though than the Q6600 processor, for reasons unknown. You can overclock the Q6600 and it'll be just as stable and may perform even better.

You really can't beat the price IMO. :)