[LinuxUsers] Linux desktop PC hardware recommendations

[Michael Gorman]

I believe i did most of that no problem on my old Celeron 533mhz, so I'd say
reuse whatever hardware you can. Spend the money elsewhere.

If you want to build a low end machine with new parts however, a cheap AMD
system with onboard video can be had for next to nothing buying the parts on
newegg.com


Michael Gorman


On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Michael Sokolov
<msokolov at ivan.harhan.org>wrote:

> Hello fellow Linux users,
>
> I'm looking for some advice.  I need to put together a new Linux desktop
> PC for my girlfriend's cubicle at our new office and I'm looking for
> advice on the hardware requirements.
>
> The intended use for this desktop PC is to run Slackware Linux and to do
> the following:
>
> * Browse the web comfortably with Firefox;
> * Listen to MP3s and other audio;
> * Watch videos -- not looking for anything HD, just YouTube-like quality
>  is plenty enough.
>
> All of the above will be running under twm or some other lean & mean X11
> window manager, we will _NOT_ run GNOME or KDE and we will certainly
> _NOT_ run any of those idiotic 3D desktops.  And no games.
>
> So here is my question: now that I've stated my intended use, what kind
> of hardware requirements does it translate into?  Is this something that
> calls for new current HW, or is it an application where older
> unwanted-by-others HW will do fine?
>
> If I should build this from brand new parts, any recommendations on what
> I should buy and where?  Or if my application would be served well by
> older gear, would anyone have any for sale?  We already have the monitor
> (a very nice Viewsonic), keyboard and mouse, only the main CPU box
> remains to be put together.
>
> TIA for any advice,
> MS
>
> P.S. Will there be a SRCLE meeting this coming Saturday?
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