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Article #55131Re: The LINUX box
From: Matthew Panetta
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00
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Sylvano wrote: > hello everyone. > > I am just about to upgrade my computer, and found that the comparison > of technical data about chipsets and motherboards just didn't do it > for me. So I decided it would be smarter to consult the linux > community. > What would one find under the hood of the best value for money PC > system > ro run linux? > > sylvano@magna.com.au > > ************************************************* > * Sylvano Lucchetti * > * Editor of LOOK NO FURTHER * > * Consulting Statistician * > * sylvano@magna.com.au * > * http://www.magna.com.au/~sylvano/ * > ************************************************* I would, and do, use a Cyrix CPU. They are cheep and fast. I'd probally try to get a HX motherboard, but I've used Linux on every thing from a 386 to a 686 and it great on all of them.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,37ba740d3be30f49 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Matthew Panetta <mattp@techno.net.au> Subject: Re: The LINUX box Date: 1997/07/28 Message-ID: <33DC4C2E.1CFA5BBC@techno.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 259692553 References: <5r2alh$2nh$1@snews2.magna.com.au> To: Sylvano <sylvano@magna.com.au> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Customer of Connect.com.au P/L, Melbourne, Australia Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux