System of the Year, Linux Style

Bob the Blob writes "LinuxHardware has put together a wonderful article that gathers up all of the top hardware into the ultimate Linux system from 2001. In the article, there is a review of the hardware from 2001 that discusses what we've seen and why the parts were chosen. To make you drool, think Athlon XP with GeForce 3 Ti500 with the stability of Linux." Worth noting that this machine is of course now at least 10 days obsolete ;)

Comments

Geforce 3 on Linux? Whatever for?

[I.T.R.A.R.K.]

"To make you drool, think Athlon XP with GeForce 3 Ti500 with the stability of Linux."

Now what exactly are you going to run on Linux that will take advantage of the Geforce 3?
Blazing fast command line with realtime pixel shading? C'mon people. Get real.

If you even suggest rendering software, I'll tell you this: I run everything from Maya 4, to 3DS Max R4 and even Bryce, and the rendering times on my Geforce 3 aren't much different from those of my old TNT 2 Ultra.
Fix the other bottlenecks in the system before you start playing with the video cards.

Re:How 'bout a "decent" system

[Anonymous Coward]

Duke of URL did it. Buyer's Guide 13

Nomination.

[saintlupus]

The article seems Slashdotted, but from the summation I can only assume that this is another desktop x86 setup.

I'd rather like to nominate the iBook as the portable Linux dream system of the year. The TiBook is a little too flimsy for a clumsy oaf like myself, but the iBook is an indestructible, lightweight, brilliantly engineered machine. There's an Apple on the outside, but even if you eschew OS X for Linux, it's still the best bang for your buck in laptops from 2001.

--saint