[GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

[Steve Petrie, P.Eng.]

Hello Daniel,

Thanks for your message.

Please see my comments inline below.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Villarreal" <youcanlinux at gmail.com>
To: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." <apetrie at aspetrie.net>; "GTALUG Talk" 
<talk at gtalug.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP 
PC;


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> Dear Mr. Petrie,
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> Good to see your inquiry on the list...
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> I can understand not necessarily wanting to work on this yourself. I
> do not receive any consideration at all from the Canadian companies
> (from the Falls) on my list, but I absolutely trust them to build the
> very best and stand by their work... Please see my recommendations at
> my blog...
> https://youcanlinux.wordpress.com/company-recommendations/
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> It comes down to rock-solid reliability and the highest-quality
> components. I have had the shop work on my computer years after
> purchase. The customers see the value in this devotion to quality,
> attention-to-detail, and total pride in their work.
>

Thanks for that !!

I'll check out your recommendations.

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> Sincerely,
> Daniel Villarreal
> http://www.youcanlinux.org
> youcanlinux at gmail.com
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> P.S. If you still want to build it yourself or have GTALUG members
> build a computer, you might consider sourcing the parts from this
> company and even have them assemble the motherboard (proc, fan, RAM,
> any ancillary cooling options you might want) and test so that you
> have a reliable base system.
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Makes sense. I do have particular  dreads of e.g. wrecking the pins on 
the CPU chip. Or e.g. getting into a kindergarten art-comedy with heat 
sink paste.