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The Ultimate Linux Box 2001

Posted by michael on from the 486/33-sadly-out-of-date dept.

savaget points to this Linux Journal article which covers building a superior personal computer for general usage. See if you agree with the choices that Rick Moen, Daryll Strauss and Eric Raymond made in building their dream box.

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  1. Re:SCSI: why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Are you new to computers? SCSI is much more versatile, and is essential to all but the most casual neophytes. If you get more experienced, and become more serious about computers, you may become knowledgeable enough to understand why the SCSI architecture is superior to ATA.

  2. What the hell? by Defiler · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm only ten paragraphs into the article, and I've already seen several mistakes and misunderstandings.. I don't think this author is qualified to give advice.
    10% performance hit for having an ISA slot? I don't think so. First they talk about choosing an Intel architecture, then they say that the fastest FSB speed available is 266MHz? I guess they've never heard of the Pentium IV. (Though, of course, the Athlon is a better choice for this particular system..)
    The fastest SCSI drives are significantly more than 15% faster than the fastest IDE drives.. The errors keep coming. Ugh.