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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Posted by michael on from the 486/33-sadly-out-of-date dept.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:Cheap Linux box by ekrout · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd say a recommendation that includes a 20 year old keyboard can't be too pricy! ;-)

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  2. Re:Great box - for a Millionaire like Raymond by spudnic · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what did this Linus Torvalds do to deserve this? ;)

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  3. DVD-ROM - ethically imperative? by BlowCat · · Score: 4, Funny
    Daryll chimes in with: "Buy a DVD-ROM rather than an ordinary CD-ROM. Typically the transfer rates are just as good if not better because the base DVD rotational speed is higher to begin with."

    While meditating on Daryll's remarks I realized that a DVD is a must-have for another reason: any true dream system for a Linux hacker must include the ability to violate the anti-fair-use clauses of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by running DeCSS on a daily basis, even if (like me) the hacker is basically uninterested in DVDs per se. It's ethically imperative.

    I liked this part. Buying hardware to fulfill a moral obligation to participate in civil disobedience.
  4. Re:network card? by SEE · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure.

    PIN number = Personal Identification Number number
    ATM machine = Automatic Teller Machine machine.

  5. Re:Cheap Linux box by COAngler · · Score: 2, Funny
    160 GB? What on earth are you going to do with 160 GB? That's 26 bytes for every person on earth!



    Pr0n and MP3's. What else is there to do with 160GB?

  6. No drool by XNormal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Strange, I can't find the word 'drool' anywhere in the comments for this article...

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  7. This reminds me... by Evro · · Score: 3, Funny

    This reminds me of the section they use to have on Mac OS Rumors* (yes, I used to read them :-/) called "Dream Machines". Basically it was the kind of thing a 12-year-old would do. This was like 3 or 4 years ago, and they had things like "Quad 900 MHz G5 with 1024 MB ram" and "25 inch monitor". I guess the main difference between that and this is that this is a "dream machine" that could conceivably exist, whereas MOSR's stuff was complete fantasy. And they had it linked right off the home page. Amazing!

    * mosr.net is a Mac OS Rumors parody.

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