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**COBALT** · 08-28-2003, 10:29 AM

I'm a Linux man.

Right now I have two Dell boxes:

1. Dell Inspiron 3800 (I think?) PIII laptop w/ 512 Mb ram running Linux RedHat 8. I do all of my personal development on it, plus whatever writing I feel like doing. I've got both a Wireless and Ethernet PCMCIA card working for it. When it's plugged in to my network at home it's my Samba file server as well.

2. Dell Dimension 8200 PIV desktop w/ 512 Mb ram running Windows XP for the wife and for gaming. I've added a slave IDE 40 Gb disk for MP3's and pics, and swapped out the 64 Mb NVidia MX card (OEM device) with a brand new 128 Mb NVidia 4600 GeForce 4 AGP card. I don't know what you guys are talking about. Upgrading is a piece of cake. Just have to be careful. Drivers are the key.

Other than that I've got the RedHat 8 Linux development box at work, and the Sun Blaze box (Solaris 2.8) which I do most of my dvelopment on now. The IBM Windows XP box they forced on me is only good for email, instant messaging, and the company calendar.

One of these days one of these PC companies will get serious about offering Linux on ther desktops and laptops.

08-28-2003, 10:29 AM	#17
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	I'm a Linux man. Right now I have two Dell boxes: 1. Dell Inspiron 3800 (I think?) PIII laptop w/ 512 Mb ram running Linux RedHat 8. I do all of my personal development on it, plus whatever writing I feel like doing. I've got both a Wireless and Ethernet PCMCIA card working for it. When it's plugged in to my network at home it's my Samba file server as well. 2. Dell Dimension 8200 PIV desktop w/ 512 Mb ram running Windows XP for the wife and for gaming. I've added a slave IDE 40 Gb disk for MP3's and pics, and swapped out the 64 Mb NVidia MX card (OEM device) with a brand new 128 Mb NVidia 4600 GeForce 4 AGP card. I don't know what you guys are talking about. Upgrading is a piece of cake. Just have to be careful. Drivers are the key. Other than that I've got the RedHat 8 Linux development box at work, and the Sun Blaze box (Solaris 2.8) which I do most of my dvelopment on now. The IBM Windows XP box they forced on me is only good for email, instant messaging, and the company calendar. One of these days one of these PC companies will get serious about offering Linux on ther desktops and laptops. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.