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Posted by michael on from the 486/33-sadly-out-of-date dept.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