[PLUG] WTB: Trailing-edge Motherboard & CPU

Derek Loree derek at infotects.com
Sat Aug 3 01:06:31 UTC 2002


On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 17:54, Keith wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Paul Mullen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I'm looking to upgrade my trusty Pentium 166 with something a bit newer
> > (but not too new). Anybody have a Linux-friendly motherboard and proc
> > in the 400 MHz P2/Celeron/AMD-equivalent neighborhood that they're
> > looking to part with for a reasonable price ("reasonable" being
> > significantly less than what I'd pay for the current bottom end, which
> > appears to be in the 800 MHz range)?
> > 
> > 
>  Just stay away from anything that is SiS motherboard or video card,
> they are a pain under Linux.

They are a pain under any OS.  In fact Linux is usually easier (but not
easy) to get stable with those products than other O$'s.

Derek





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