Chosing cheap desktop: recommendation?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:26:29PM -0500, S P Arif Sahari Wibowo wrote:
> 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.
> 
>  - Serenity T1150, AMD Sempron LE-1150 2GHz, nVidia nForce 630a 
> / GeForce 7050 chipset.
>  - Serenity T1100, AMD Athlon 64 3200+, apparently some Via 
> chipset (S3 UniChrome Graphics).
>  - Shuttle K45PC, Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200, Intel 945GC / 
> ICH7 chipset.
>  - Serenity T1080, Intel Celeron Dual-Core E1200. Intel 945GC / 
> ICH7 Chipset.

Well I would avoid the via chipset.  The intel should have no problem
with linux.  The nvidia should work, but require a very new kernel,
which could be a problem for centos.

So for good reliable and works with linux I would stick with the intel
chipset.  Of course I would also build my own with better quality parts,
but that's me. :)

> (from 
> http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=cpl&id=170.45&sort=3)
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
> BTW, suggestion to other option to get such computers are 
> welcome, too. Although getting it from Canada Computers is 
> somewhat preferred at this point.

Canada Computers is where I go.

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