Buying something new

[Steve]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:33:40 -0400, phil <phillip-l+pbsqP8NtUm29vl6s1fFg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
 
> My requirements are for something reasonably capable, but not fancy;
> most of my development is server-side stuff and for my "play"
> applications (graphics, music...) I have my Macs.  Probably my only
> slightly unusual needs -- compared to the standard ads I'm reading --
> are a dual-processor box for testing concurrent programming and a
> CD/DVD writer.  Otherwise, a gig of RAM, maybe 160 disk, and "standard"
> support for audio, video, USB, ethernet....

Is there a particular distro or flavour of linux that you want/need to
use with this hardware. I think sometimes hardware is supported by
some and not by others. This might help for people to give you a more
specific answer through their own experience with hardware/distros.
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