RE: new system to buy

2000-10-20 Thread Ingles, Raymond
> From: Brandt Dusthimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Also, look into a better video card. ATI doesn't support the Linux > cause at all. You can pick up a TNT2 for $50 and with XFree 4.0.1 you > can use NVidia's open source drivers. No offense, but that's a fair amount of incorrect information.

Re: new system to buy

2000-10-19 Thread Pat Mahoney
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 04:28:32PM -0500, matthschulz wrote: > Hi all, > > after many months fighting with myself and then with my better half I'm > finally ready to build a new system. > > It is intended to run Debian and KDE2, maybe also OS/2 4. > > I did some research and i have the followin

Re: new system to buy

2000-10-19 Thread Kenward Vaughan
I'd get a cheapo sound card, any type working with Linux, since AFAIK onboard sound chews up more CPU cycles... Kenward -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! --

Re: new system to buy

2000-10-19 Thread Brandt Dusthimer
Spend the extra $20 and get an ABIT KT7-RAID motherboard and a Thunderbird CPU. Also, look into a better video card. ATI doesn't support the Linux cause at all. You can pick up a TNT2 for $50 and with XFree 4.0.1 you can use NVidia's open source drivers. Plus, the TNT2s are ten times better

Re: new system to buy

2000-10-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
looks fine for linux im not so sure if os/2 v4 would install on such a drive, would be even more suprised if it detected the controller. although i havent played with os/2 since the early betas of v4..so things could of changed... nate On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, matthschulz wrote: matths >Hi all, matth