Abner Gershon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am planning on building a computer from various > components with the intent of setting it up to dual > boot to Debian and Windows ME. Initially I had ordered > an Athalon 1.3 Ghz processor and Abit KT7A motherboard > but then got cold feet and canceled my order after > reading some negative posts on this mailing list > regarding AMD cpu's and VIA chipsets on motherboards. > What would people recommend for motherboard and cpu? > I am planning on going with an ATI radeon > All-in-wonder video card, and a Plextor ATAPI CD-RW > drive. The machine will mostly be used for word > processing, gathering patient record information (I'm > a physician), web site maintenance, and occaisionally > for video capture. Ease of setup and compatibility are > my major concerns. > Ancillary advice welcome. >
Here's my system: - Abit KT7A (not IDE raid) - Athlon 800 @ 1.1GHz - Tekram DC-390U3 + 2 x IBM 36LZX - GeForce 2 - SB Live! - 3Com 905 and I'm running 2.4.8 optimized for Athlon. Beside bios glitches between Abit and Tekram, Debian and Linux kernel are running fine on this motherboard. - Arno.
