need help choosing hardware (lindows)

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digitalNeurosis28

hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows

i'm not looking for anything fancy (around $2000), as long as the system
will work right and last a few years. any solid advice is highly
appreciated

2) does anybody here have any experience with this os? does apache work
with lindows?

thank you. have a great day.
 
hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows
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I'm not a Lindows user, but I do use SuSE Linux. I just wanted to know why
you had a need for a 100GB or larger HDD? I have tons of software installed
with my Linux distro including many redundant applications, several office
suites, and several window managers/GUI environments and I still take up
less than 6GB total space (all partitions) on a 27GB HDD.



--
Big Daddy Ruel Smith

My SuSE Linux machine uptime:
8:30pm up 4 days 11:05, 2 users, load average: 0.59, 0.54, 0.29

My Windows XP machine uptime:
Something less...
 
digitalNeurosis28 said:
hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows
Click to expand...


OK, from www.mwave.com

(including NICE LCD monitor and laser printer):

SKU Qty. Item Unit Price Ext. Price

MB03-BA19436-BA03069-BA13301-BA19404- ATHLON XP - 333Mhz (OEM) BUNDLES
(EPOX 8RDA3+-MB; AMD XP 2600+(333Mhz); KINGSTON 1GB DDR333(512MB X 2); NO
TESTING) $329.59 $329.59

AA21360 GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT PRO660 TV-DVI 128MB DDR 8XAGP GEFORCE FX-5200
W/TV&DVI $65.00 $65.00

BA19720-BA01080-BA14362 AHANIX PLATINUM XP (DARK GREY) MID TOWER NO POWER
SUPPLY 4x5.25" 1x3.5" 4x3.5"(hidden) W/ 80mm CASE FAN x 2 (EXTRA 80mm
FAN(BLACK); ANTEC TRUE 430W) $101.50 $101.50

1185482 USR 56K V.92 INTERNAL PCI PERFORMANCE PRO FAX MODEM $67.45 $67.45

AA14730 CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER LIVE! PCI DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 SB0220
(White box) $29.50 $29.50

AA16460- WD 120GB WD1200JB EIDE ULTRA-ATA/100 7200RPM SE W/8MB BUFFER HARD
DRIVE (Bare drive) *Limit 1 Per customer (NO DATA CABLE) $85.00 $85.00

AA14720-- AOPEN 16X DVD/48X CD ROM #DVD1648(Retail) (NO EXTRA AUDIO CABLE;
NO DATA CABLE) $26.90 $26.90

AA19850- AOPEN 52X-RC/24X-RW/52X-RD CDRW W/SW & JUST LINK/JUST SPEED
TECHNOLOGY #CRW5224(Retail) (NO MEDIA) $29.90 $29.90

AA17310 MITUSMI 1.44 FLOPPY (Bare drive-black color) $6.90 $6.90

AA17670 AOPEN 3BUTTON(ONE SCROLL) BLACK PS/2 MOUSE $7.90 $7.90

AA17380 AOPEN KB-858 BLACK 107-KEY PS/2 KEYBOARD $12.00 $12.00

1447815 NEC 17"/17V LCD1760V-BK 1280X1024 60HZ LCD (Black) $438.94 $438.94

BA19723 MWAVE 36" IDE 3-CONNECTORS ROUND CABLE FOR ULTRA ATA66/100/133 HARD
DRIVE $10.50 $10.50

AA10270 AOPEN MS810 1000W (P.M.P.O)OUTPUT W/WOODEN SUBWOOFER CASE $29.00
$29.00

1111330-BA19721 SAMSUNG LASERJET ML-1450 15PPM 4MB 1200DPI 66MHZ
USB/PARALLEL (10' USB PRINTER CABLE). $275.05 $275.05

AA05200 3COM 10BT/100BTX FAST ETHERLINK XL 3C905CTXM PCI W/PC & NETWORK
MANAGEMENT 1-PK (Bare card) $31.00 $31.00
Sub Total $1,546.13
 
Ruel said:
hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows
Click to expand...


I'm not a Lindows user, but I do use SuSE Linux. I just wanted to know why
you had a need for a 100GB or larger HDD? I have tons of software installed
with my Linux distro including many redundant applications, several office
suites, and several window managers/GUI environments and I still take up
less than 6GB total space (all partitions) on a 27GB HDD.
Click to expand...
i absolutely do not, under any circumstances, want to worry about not
having enough disk space. especially since i'm planning on creating a
very multimedia-rich website.
 
uhm...ok...maybe
who are you and what makes you qualified? are you a reseller? what's
the url of your site?
How about I build you a high quality computer with lindows for $1750? :)

Dashi

hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows

i'm not looking for anything fancy (around $2000), as long as the system
will work right and last a few years. any solid advice is highly
appreciated

2) does anybody here have any experience with this os? does apache work
with lindows?

thank you. have a great day.
Click to expand...
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No site, homebuilder, qualifications. hobbist.

Dashi

digitalNeurosis28 said:
uhm...ok...maybe
who are you and what makes you qualified? are you a reseller? what's the
url of your site?
How about I build you a high quality computer with lindows for $1750? :)

Dashi

hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows

i'm not looking for anything fancy (around $2000), as long as the system
will work right and last a few years. any solid advice is highly
appreciated

2) does anybody here have any experience with this os? does apache work
with lindows?

thank you. have a great day.
Click to expand...
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digitalNeurosis28 said:
hello,

i'm looking into buying a lindows box.

1) i could use some help selecting the right hardware
i want at least a 100gb hd
512mb ram (1gb is better) [upgradeable]
2.5gb cpu (or better)
good motherboard, video, sound, nic, modem etc. all working well
together and with lindows

i'm not looking for anything fancy (around $2000), as long as the system
will work right and last a few years. any solid advice is highly
appreciated

2) does anybody here have any experience with this os? does apache work
with lindows?
Click to expand...


$2,000 is nothing fancy??? :0
Dude...you can build close to top of the line for way cheaper then that.
Anyways though, this site: http://www.lfriendly.com/ is made by Lindows and
shows officially supported hardware. However, *a lot* more will work then
what is listed at that site. Whatever hardware you are considering buying,
just do a google search for it along with Linux (try Google Groups too) and
see if others have it working. If it works in other Linuxes without user
intervention, it should work with Lindows too (assuming you have a pretty
new version of Lindows).
 
$2,000 is nothing fancy??? :0
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i guess I should have mentioned $2,000 Canadian.
Dude...you can build close to top of the line for way cheaper then that.
Anyways though, this site: http://www.lfriendly.com/ is made by Lindows and
shows officially supported hardware. However, *a lot* more will work then
what is listed at that site. Whatever hardware you are considering buying,
just do a google search for it along with Linux (try Google Groups too) and
see if others have it working. If it works in other Linuxes without user
intervention, it should work with Lindows too (assuming you have a pretty
new version of Lindows).
Click to expand...

Thank you for your advice, everyone.
 
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