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Building a $200 Linux PC

Posted by Soulskill on from the cost-of-a-cheap-tux dept.

WesternActor writes "Computers are getting cheaper to buy every year, but there are still sometimes advantages to building them yourself. ExtremeTech has a story about how they sought out the parts for a $200 computer that (of course) runs Linux as a way of breaking the budget barrier. They even test it against a commercially available eMachines nettop to see how it compares in terms of performance. This probably isn't something everyone will want to do, but it's an interesting example of something you can do on the cheap if you put your mind to it."

2 of 300 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What about atom? by Smallpond · · Score: 1, Redundant

    He set these two constraints:

    • The CPU had to be dual-core
    • it just needed to fulfill the basic everyday requirements ...Web browsing, e-mail, file creation and manipulation

    So immediately we know the author is clueless.

  2. this is news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Cmon.

    I built a PC with specs good enough for gaming for $150 back in 2003.
    I shudder to think of the murky depths of lo/no money I could sink to if
    I 'put my mind to it' in 2010. Hmmm, actually I don't. I build PC's for zero dollars and zero
    cents these days because Dual Core Athlon 64's are now regarded as curbable.