On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 08:58:55AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am new to the Linux scene. I am planning on building a box to run Linux.
>
> I have a MSI K7T Turbo2 motherboard lying around and figured I would put it
> to use. I am planning on running an
> AMD Athalon XP 1500 CPU
> 256 MB PC133 Ram
> 20GB Hard Drive Samsung Brand
>
> I need recommendations on a Network Card, and a Video Card please...
There are a LOT of choices for a 10/100 network card that are fairly low-cost.
I personally use and like Trendware products. Mine ran around $15. 3COM
NICs are also highly popular.
> I didn't want to spend a whole lot of money on a video card just something
> to display a picture.
I've got an 8MB AGP SiS 6326-based video card. They run for $25 at a local
computer store. It's not fancy, probably won't play games, likely won't do
anti-aliased fonts currently, but it does the job for what I want - the system
is my server, not my desktop.
> Here is what I want to do since I don't want to buy another monitor or
> another KVM.
>
> I want to setup box with Linux on it configure to access network, then
> remove keyboard and mouse, so i can put back into kvm.
Yup, that's what I've got. My system is connected to a Linksys kvm and I've
had *no* issues at all.
> then I wnat to use a program like exceed or vmware or something to access
> the linux box from a Windows box. Does anyone have any recomendations on
> this part and where do I go to get programs like this.
You've got a few choices, but vmware isn't one of them. What vmware allows
you to do is run Windows on your Linux system (or the other way around). For
remote access, you can run an Xserver like Exceed or Kea X! or similar but
they'll cost you money. You can also look at vnc which is bundled with Red
Hat Linux and has free Windows clients and servers. Or, you can simply get
PuTTY for your Windows box and use ssh to connect to your Linux system for
graphical access. Lastly, just tell your kvm to switch your Linux system
and use the interfaces locally on your Linux system. I use a combination of
the local access through the kvm and ssh. I use ssh when I want to cut/paste
stuff between Windows and Linux.
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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