From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jock Cooper Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to put together a home computer with GNU/Linux Date: 12 Nov 2003 09:40:35 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068663958 26023 80.91.224.253 (12 Nov 2003 19:05:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:05:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 12 20:05:56 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AK0JP-0005TG-00 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:05:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AK1Gm-0000Px-Aa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:07:16 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews1 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,gnu.emacs.help,comp.lang.lisp Original-Lines: 52 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p-665.newsdawg.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.misc.discuss:82483 gnu.emacs.help:118173 comp.lang.lisp:125154 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14113 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14113 Don Saklad writes: > a. How would you put together a home computer with GNU/Linux ?... > > > b. What manufacturers components would you look to in assembling a > computer with GNU/Linux ?... > > > I've heard that the best is knoppix. If you want to put it together yourself you need a : 1 case 1a power supply (if not included with case) 1b case fan (I think 80mm is the usual size) 2 motherboard (ATX is the usual type; refers to the form factor) 3 CPU 3a CPU fan (sometimes included) 4 memory (you can often buy 4-6 bundled) 5 hard drive, floppy drive, cdrom 5a cables for these are usually included 6 video card 7 sound card (often on motherboard nowadays) 8 network card ( " " " ) 9 keyboard/mouse/monitor pricewatch.com is a good way to find cheap prices; also it's a good way to find websites that sell computers and parts in general. If you don't want to build it from scratch, most of the parts sellers will preassemble and test one for you.. usually a good deal and much less trouble. When the computer is ready, boot a Linux CD and go from there. You can either buy a Linux CD or download an ISO image and burn the disk yourself.. I have used Red Hat 7 and debian, of those I prefer debian Linux. (Knoppix is a bootable linux CD that lets you get into Linux without actually doing a HD install. Which may or may not be all that useful.) If you want to dual boot the machine (so it can boot both Linux and Windows) you may want something like Partition Manager to handle setting up the disk partitions to support this. Sites you may find helpful: www.tomshardware.com www.motherboards.org www.extremetech.com www.linux.org www.debian.org