Comments on: Building Your own Custom Linux PC http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/ Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:27:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: James Dixon http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-365 James Dixon Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:53:43 +0000 http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-365 Xion II XON-101 case with 3 fans. Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2 motherboard. AMD Sempron 3400+ AM2 processor. 1 GB Mwave 667 MHz DDR2 memory. Western Digital 250 GB Sata 2 Hard Drive (7200 RPM, 16 MB). Lite On LH-20A1P 20X DVDRW burner. Slackware Linux 12.0. Ordered from mwave.com at the end of May for ~$350 shipped. Everything works. Xion II XON-101 case with 3 fans.
Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2 motherboard.
AMD Sempron 3400+ AM2 processor.
1 GB Mwave 667 MHz DDR2 memory.
Western Digital 250 GB Sata 2 Hard Drive (7200 RPM, 16 MB).
Lite On LH-20A1P 20X DVDRW burner.
Slackware Linux 12.0.

Ordered from mwave.com at the end of May for ~$350 shipped. Everything works.

]]> By: s lucre http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-367 s lucre Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:08:34 +0000 http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-367 I can attest to the accuracy of most of the above as my home assembled box is a pretty random assortment of bits, some acquired from the local thrift shop. The nVidia video card has been trouble free and most of the other "on-board" features of this epox 9npa+ultra mb work well. Persistent problems are feedback in recorded audio with the mobo audio system and USB based wifi (Notgear). Wired networking works great with the nForce on-board systems or through pcmcia on my older compaq laptop. I can attest to the accuracy of most of the above as my home assembled box is a pretty random assortment of bits, some acquired from the local thrift shop. The nVidia video card has been trouble free and most of the other “on-board” features of this epox 9npa+ultra mb work well. Persistent problems are feedback in recorded audio with the mobo audio system and USB based wifi (Notgear). Wired networking works great with the nForce on-board systems or through pcmcia on my older compaq laptop.

]]> By: Sean http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-371 Sean Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:39:02 +0000 http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-371 The "tweaking" depends on your distro. I use Gentoo, where I have to configure my own kernel and install any packages myself. It's a very barebones distribution, but the performance is great. Nothing bloating, only what you want installed. The “tweaking” depends on your distro.

I use Gentoo, where I have to configure my own kernel and install any packages myself. It’s a very barebones distribution, but the performance is great. Nothing bloating, only what you want installed.

]]> By: Ashish Shukla http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-377 Ashish Shukla Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.thecredence.com/building-your-own-custom-linux-pc/#comment-377 How about mentioning Intel mobos which comes with Intel onboard graphics which has open source drivers available for Linux and also *BSD. How about mentioning Intel mobos which comes with Intel onboard graphics which has open source drivers available for Linux and also *BSD.

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