Jamie Walker wrote:
>
> Jon Keck wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if anyone out there has any experience with or opinions on
> > alternative PC shops which focus on selling Linux systems. I've heard
> > of Penguin Computing but I have no idea how reliable they are or who
> > their competitors are.
>
> We use Dell Poweredge 2300 servers at work and we love 'em. We've had 5
> of them an average of about a year and there has not been a single fault
> at all with any of them, Linux and Novell both work great on them. Only
> problem is Dell supplied us with a 3Com Vortex/boomerang card by default
> in one of them which the Linux drivers didn't like very much. Replaced
> it with an Intel Etherexpress like the others have and no problem.
Odd, we find those 3Com cards, and the Linux drivers for them, to be the
best available. They work brilliantly, including the PCMCIA variant I used
to have on my laptop until the dangle-thing broke and I traded in
performance for ruggedness in getting a Xircom double-height one that the
RJ45 just plugs straight into.
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