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Pastimes : Linux OS.: Technical questions -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: g_m10 who wrote (140)	1/8/1999 4:03:00 AM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 484

Don't worry about CPU, you can get a cheap AMD or Celery for peanuts and they will work great. NICS - The netgear cards are cheap and work well. They even supply their own drivers... just remember to copy the supplied 'tulip.c' file into your source tree before compiling the kernel. (310TX - 100/10Mbps) Modem - avoid WinModems or any modem that says 'Made for Window95'. These are modems without all the hardware functionality, and software drivers (available only on Windows) are required. Graphics - Can't go wrong with a millenium for X-compatibility. HD - anything. Any specific periphirals you were looking at?

To: g_m10 who wrote (140)	1/8/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: Judd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 484

Lets see: Motherboard: get a name brand, no cheap crap and no sound or video on the motherboard. I have had trouble with those. IDE, or SCSI, both are well supported. Mouse: Serial are easier, although PS/2 is ok. Modem: No Winmodems. Video Card: I use S3s because I know they work. Search for the XFree86 web site and look for a compatibility list. I don't have the URL handy. They are pretty good at supporting video cards. Sound Card: I use Sound Blaster because I know they work, something else will probably work, but I don't know for sure. Network card: Most work. cdroms shouldn't be a problem. ZIP drives should work, but I haven't done it. Hapauge TV cards work. Scanners: SCSI, go to the SANE site and read the compatibility list. Anything else? The ones with out a brand name on them are the best! Here's my theory on hardware. My time is money. I can pay $50 for a real soundblaster16, plug it in and it'll work. I can pay $5 for a generic sound card, spend days getting it working and recompiling the kernel or whatever to get it to work. I'll pay the $50.

To: g_m10 who wrote (140)	1/8/1999 11:23:00 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 484

gm, My associate has installed redhat on celeron with no problems. Bench marking has shown very little difference between P2 and Cel. Also 333 P2 and celeron bench mark the same a 200 mhz PPro. The only area of concern from hardware compatibility is in the video card area. If you use the Xfree86 that comes with redhat there is a small possibility that a newer card is not supported. I don't review this hardware often as I love my 8(meg) matrox millenium cards. Bought several at aution for 39. I also use AcceleratedX, but you may not want to spend the 99. But AcceleratedX has more drivers it seems than Xfree86. If buying a complete system, check and determine what video card come with it. If video is built into motherboard, make sure you can disable it and install different video card. Also if vedeo on the motherboard determine the chip set used. Xfree86 drivers are kinda by chip set. You have no worry about ide interfaces. Most scsi is also supported. Networking is also of little concern. Many 10 dollar cards are supported. Again Video is the not very but most the likely area of concern.