How To Create a Linux Network for Peanuts

securitas writes: LinuxWorld has the first installment of a series on how to go from being a Windows based shop to a Linux one." One of the article's points, one that I strongly agree with, is how overpowered the machines are that most people buy.

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Small networks only

[Dyolf Knip]

As someone pointed out, build-it yourself generally sucks for any network with more than 20 computers or so. Finding antiquated parts in those quantities can be difficult. But for smaller networks, it's great. And as it happens, a smaller business or home or organization needing a small network is more likely to need to pinch pennies than a mega-conglomerate wih hundreds or thousands of machines, for whom such a setup would be too difficult.