-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:38:09PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: ... > What exactly is that today? It's completely a matter of opinion. My > notion is something like a 2GHz 64-bit AMD or 3GHz Intel processor, > 256MB DDR RAM, graphics chipset on motherboard, USB2.0 ports, DVD writer > and a 150MB+ (modern) hard drive. Purchasing a USB keyboard or wireless > mouse at the local store should neither require a trip to the list nor > compiling a kernel. Such systems are plentiful, stable and cheap from > mainstream manufacturers, even with the preinstalled commercial O/S. with a recent kernel that should not be a problem... sata works good here, most nw cards (at least wired ones) run quite fine... with usb port i have never had a problem nad for usb keyboard & mouse, the hw is broken if it doesn't work as there are standardised protocols for that... (ok the support for more than 3 mouse buttons is not that complete in linux...
the only problem i really see is installing debian with a 2.6.8 kernel on this hw (or using the mb integrated winmodem) i have, however, less problems installing linux on my athlon64 system then winxp... for winxp i have to install a floppy drive because it does not support another way of suplieng the sata driver.... the bottom line is, sometimes you need a more recent kernel than a distributian like debian does provide with its long release cycles (that have their advantages to) yours albert - -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFL1EyhrtSwvbWj0kRAlVVAJwI+7bBm2SyizrCtPUkFZr1LyOf7wCffvQV yBEUzQFoluFeGMux5vg+oQU= =dLMn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
