[ale] cheap linux-friendly pcs?

[cfowler]

Here is what I've done and people may scream.  But I have Linux running
on 3 Ginstar G1 PC's.  I think each one coast me around 350 - 400 each.

Downside:

Sound is not very good
I have not got the modem to work


Upside:

Good video
Works great

Chris

On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 16:35, tewkewl at mindspring.com wrote:
> ha!  that is sweet... Amptron has become a very stable competitor for
> consumers that are not going to overclock their cpu's!
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 15:17:29 -0400 "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com>
> wrote:
> 
> I bought an AMPTRON 810. Yes, and Amptron. I put a AMD 1600+ chip in it - and 
> 
> the board ROCKS! The cost $65 for the board, and $100 for the chip.
> The board has built in everything.
> 
> -- 
> Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
> Drew Brown
> http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 02 July 2002 14:11, tewkewl at mindspring.com wrote:
> > any asus motherboard with built in everything.
> >
> > -Patrick
> >
> > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:35:34 -0500 (EST) John Wells
> > <jb at sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
> >
> > Aside from the Microtel/Walmart pcs, are there any cheap linux-friendlies
> > out there?
> >
> > I'm not looking for an overwhelming amount of power...just something that
> > will run my Apache/PHP SquirrelMail server better than my current 200mhz
> > sloth.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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