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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kai Hendry wrote: > On 2007-01-23T12:19+0000 Neil Williams wrote: >> Easiest way there is to buy a separate motherboard/CPU and build the >> system from there. > > True. totally agree.. >> Don't fancy building the machine yourself? There are people in DCGLUG >> who would be able to build a box for you for the cost of a pint, if you >> can arrange delivery of the components. Yup, I know one of them very well.. > I don't think it's worth building a machine. Selecting components that > work with linux is almost as bad as selecting whole machines! I really > can't be bothered to replace little components that might go bad or > arrive bad. I guess I should have said I want some sort of swap out > guarantee or something. You'll be hard pushed to find that for under 300 quid and no M$ tax. As for self builds not being worth it... I disagree.. IME you can save lots of agro by simply choosing well known hardware vendors, nvidia, intel, amd, abit etc... Their hardware "just works" in our favorite OS.. > This is for my parents. They seem smart enough to me... although something like Ubuntu is (IMO) ideal for this... >>> For example, is there a >>> Macromedia Flash version for the AMD64 now? >> Why care ? If a website doesn't work with free software versions of >> Flash, I simply go to a different site. Sorry. ;-) > > Not so easy for the Youtube / Web 2.0 lovers. :) > 32 bit version of firefox on 64bit GNU/Linux... - -- Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFtno8z3Av8JKgzxQRAn60AKCrM48u4cbN6mW0JU3eZZYpeo5Q/wCfSdG8 XfZIwydLb6f7yGzVau3bGqM= =eYyA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html