Re: [CentOS] [Off Topic, kind of] eMachine model T5254

2008-06-11 Thread Bob Taylor
On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 14:41 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On 6/10/08, Bob Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Best Buy currently has an eMachine on sale for less than $300.00 > > without monitor. I didn't see any recent complaints on [snip] > HW guru I am not. Linux guru I am not. I have a sugge

Re: [CentOS] [Off Topic, kind of] eMachine model T5254

2008-06-10 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 12:07 -0700, Bob Taylor wrote: > AMD Athlon™ BE-2350 dual-core processor > NVIDIA® GeForce® 6100 > 2048MB DDR2 dual-channel > 320GB 7200rpm SATA II > 16x DVD±R/RW SuperMulti drive > High-performance 15-in-1 digital media card reader > 6-channel (5.1) high-definition audio > >

Re: [CentOS] [Off Topic, kind of] eMachine model T5254

2008-06-10 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Bob Taylor wrote on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:07:59 -0700: > Any hardware guru see any problems? I'm not a hardware guru, but the CPU and chipset work just fine with CentOS. lm_sensors may not work, though. If they have a 4850 machine for only a few bucks more, I'd go with that. Kai -- Kai Schätzl

Re: [CentOS] [Off Topic, kind of] eMachine model T5254

2008-06-10 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 6/10/08, Bob Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Best Buy currently has an eMachine on sale for less than $300.00 > without monitor. I didn't see any recent complaints on > www.consumeraffairs.com. I didn't take the time to do a thourgh search > so may have missed some. Red Hat hardware list doe

[CentOS] [Off Topic, kind of] eMachine model T5254

2008-06-10 Thread Bob Taylor
Hi list, Best Buy currently has an eMachine on sale for less than $300.00 without monitor. I didn't see any recent complaints on www.consumeraffairs.com. I didn't take the time to do a thourgh search so may have missed some. Red Hat hardware list does not have one eMachine listed. I went to eMachi