[ale] System advice for a newbie

[Dow_Hurst]

Tim,
You can just build it yourself to get a fantastic system at a lower price.  No one manufacturer really designs the system for Linux as well as you can yourself.  Use excellent components and ask about what your going to buy here on ALE.  Most likely someone will tell you it works or doesn't.  The latest greatest motherboards can be a pain, along with special hardware such as cheap printers and cameras.  I'd pick out what I'd like to use, post it here, and get some responses.  I'm sure people could just list stuff to build a system with from MicroCenter or Fry's that would be guaranteed to give excellent performance.  I tend to always go with Nvidia graphics, motherboards I can identify as Linux friendly, and the best powersupplies.  TruePower from Antec is a good powersupply.  Just some thoughts on the subject.
Dow



-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Watts <timtw at earthlink.net>
Sent: Oct 29, 2004 10:05 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] System advice for a newbie

Good Morning,

I want to get a new system and put Linux on it. I'm basically looking 
for general advice on purchasing a new system targeted for linux. The 
goal is general use and fun.

Some of the systems I'm looking at have integrated network and video on 
the mother board (e.g HP Pavilion a700n). I've had problems in the past 
with finding drivers for proprietary or off the wall adapters. Short of 
doing a BYOS I'd like to avoid these kind of problems.

Any experience on how to avoid these and other problems before buying? 
Anyone hit a wall with integrated adapters? What's been your experience?

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