Chosing cheap desktop: recommendation?

John McGregor mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Nov 13 04:55:20 UTC 2008


S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to find a cheap desktop for playing with Fedora 9 and 
> Centos 5. Because the "cheap" requirement, I don't think I can get it by 
> chosing each parts separately and configure it into a system. Beside I 
> probably don't have the time. :-) So I looked into the choices from 
> Canada Computers and wonder which one will have good compatibility with 
> linux? I listed the choices below. Note: Serenity is Canada Computers' 
> own brand, I know some model have Biostar motherboard but not sure if 
> all of them are.
> 
>  

I think that you will have the best experience with this one:
Serenity T1080, Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200. Intel 945GC / ICH7 Chipset.

According to the website it has an Intel motherboard and an open PCIe 
slot which could be used for a better graphics card if you wish.


HTH

John
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