Resurrecting a box for Linux

[Kurt Wall]

Also sprach Bob Raymond:
>
> On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 19:21, Kurt Wall wrote:

[...]

> > I'd take Micron over Crucial any day.
> 
> In other words, Crucial's ripping me off by trying to sell the 32mb
> modules for 35 bucks and I should just spend 48 dollars to get 128mb
> of Micron?  Sounds like a good plan.

That about sums it up.

> > Lordy yes. For X performance, you get more bang out of your graphics
> > card than RAM, but, up to some limit that you and I aren't liable to
> > reach on a low-end desktop box, adding RAM never hurts. 
> 
> Should my ATI RageXL with 8mb video RAM suffice?  I guess it also
> helps that I plan to use Gentoo and compile from source.

The RageXL seems sufficient. Not leading edge, but why go to a lot of
expense for such a box. I'm getting great mileage out my older systems.

Blessed be,

Kurt
-- 
So, what's with this guy Gideon, anyway?  And why can't he ever
remember his Bible?