Hardware For a Cheap Linux Desktop (phoronix.com)

Posted by Soulskill on Monday November 30, 2015 @05:34AM from the something-to-last-until-the-next-decade dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Outside of the limelight of Intel's Core "Skylake" processors is the cheapest model, a $60 Intel Pentium G4400 dual-core processor that runs at 3.3Gz and has built-in HD Graphics 510. Ubuntu Linux results for this CPU show the cut-down Skylake graphics are the worst aspect of this budget processor while the CPU performance is okay if speed isn't a big factor and your workloads don't mind the lack of AVX support. To pair with the cheap Skylake Pentium processors are more Intel H110-powered motherboards appearing, with some also retailing for under $60 while being basic yet functional as a severely cutdown version of the Intel Z170 chipset. If pursuing this route for a budget Linux PC, it's possible to build a socketed Skylake system for less than $200. Those of you who have recently built, or are planning out a new budget Linux machine, what internals do you recommend?

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Cheap Linux Desktop? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-11-30 05:39 · Score: -1, Troll

Linux sucks, get a Windows Desktop instead.
Intel ad? by nazsco · 2015-11-30 10:02 · Score: -1, Troll

is this an Intel ad?
My HTPC computer on the living room for viewing films is a AMD 5350. Differently from intel, you can have both hdmi with audio, 19V power in, standard ram sticks and components all at once. with intel you have to leave one of the three out.