Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-11 Thread Ian Hall-Beyer
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:01:08 +, Rachel Greenham wrote: >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 Mr. Becker at CESDIS writes one helluva NIC driver (3Com and Tulip) >to have on my lap

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-11 Thread Rachel Greenham
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.

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread Jamie Walker
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

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread curious
a>the person was looking for linux based systems (not nessarly a platform) b>microway in my experince has good hardware (robust was antother thing the person was looking for) c>microway does offer intel based systems... though their focus is on alpha What confuses me about this response is the p

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, curious wrote: > microway (www.microway.com) has good prices, good hardware.. though they > focus mostly on alpha based systems out of curiousity, which part of intel compatible don't you understand? Vinnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
oops, I should probably check threads next time :P (still, the point stands, since you *were* using microway as an example, earlier. but I think I'll shut up now, since I really am sick of trying to explain this) Vinnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread curious
microway (www.microway.com) has good prices, good hardware.. though they focus mostly on alpha based systems /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign [EMAIL PROTECTED] X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.curious.org/ / \ - NO

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, 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. I will say

Re: [issues] PC Manufacturers

1999-11-10 Thread Jon Keck
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. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.or