Re: [vox] Meeting topic idea.

[Rod Roark <rod@sunsetsystemMAPSs.com>]

Hmm, this seems too ambitious for one talk.  I'd suggest mostly
showing which sites have good information, offering some general
advice, and fielding questions.

Also some show-and-tell with the hardware may be good.  You and
I may think that installing a CPU and heatsink, or mounting a 
motherboard in a case is easy, but it's not if you've never done 
it before.

-- Rod
   http://www.sunsetsystems.com/

On Wednesday 02 January 2002 07:29 pm, Marc Hasbrouck wrote:
> Cool!
>
> Here's my basic outline. It's a little long, depending
> on the detail. Somethings, like which distros can be
> shortened, the major pros and cons like Mandrake and
> Redhat can install with little user knowledge, Debian
> lets you know what's really loading, etc. If you have
> comments or info, please don't hesitate. I'm only one
> tech who came over from the dark side.
>
> Since I'm a hardware guy, and cheap, I'll stress that
> a bit more.
>
> Marc
>
> Building Your Own LINUX System
>
> 1. First things first
> a. What are you going to do with it?
> i. Office work (word processing, spreadsheet, etc.)
> ii. Graphics
> iii. Games
> iv. Server (data base, network file server [NFS,
> SAMBA, etc.])
> v. Development
> vi. Specialty (email server, DNS, firewall, etc.)
> b. What distribution to use (Redhat, Debian, SUSE,
> etc.)
> i. Pros and Cons for Redhat
> ii. And for Debian
> iii. And for SUSE
> iv. Etc.
> 2. Looking for what works with LINUX
> a. Resources
> i. Linux.org
> ii. Redhat.com
> iii. Debian.org
> iv. SUSE.org
> v. Xfee86,org
> vi. Linuxdoc.org
> b. CPU and Motherboard
> i. i386 family (386; 486; Pentium; Pentium II, III &
> 4, Celeron, Duron & Athlon)
> ii. Power PC (Apples)
> iii. others
> c. IDE or SCSI
> i. SCSI is faster and more expensive in general
> ii. IDE fewer devices, but much cheaper
> d. Video cards and X
> i. Not all cards are supported equally
> ii. Older cards usually have better support
> e. Monitors
> i. If its not a mainstream make and model , you better
> have the manual for the specs
> ii. Size does matter
> iii. You get what you pay for
> 3. So how much hardware do you really need?
> a. Bleeding edge (living for your system, or geeking
> on the edge)
> b. Moderate (the average person)
> c. Antiques (the used market for poor folks and skin
> flints like me)
> 4. Shopping day!
> a. Do you homework
> b. Local dealer or web / mail order or computer show
> c. Dealers and manufacturers I like
> i. South Pacific Systems
> ii. HSC Electronics
> iii. ASUS & Abit
> iv. ATI
> d. Ready made LINUX dealers
> i. Sunset Systems
> ii. Linux Mall
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