Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

[Net Llama!]

On 12/15/02 17:59, Bob Raymond wrote:
>> ======New fancy computer specifications=================
>> Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz
> 
> He doesn't really need something that fast unless he's doing some really high 
> powered stuff like video editing.

Or nuclear simulations.  Quite honestly, this thing is massive overkill 
for web surfing & gradeschool homework.

>> NEW 512k Advanced L2 Advanced Transfer Cache!!
>> 128 Bit Enhanced Floating Point Unit
>> Advanced Dynamic Execution
>>
>> Motherboard
>> Pentium 4 Motherboard
>>
>> SiS? 645DX & SiS? 962L chipset
>> Integrated USB 2.0
>> ATX P4S5A/DX Motherboard
> 
> I'm guessing that's Asus because their model names look something like that.  
> Asus is known to be quite reliable.

My experiences with Asus haven't been all that stellar.  They tend to 
cut corners with specs which results in unreliable hardware when pushed 
to its limits.  Also SiS makes hardware that is notiriously incompatible 
with Linux.

>> 2 USB Ports in Back, 2 USB Ports in Front
>> 1 Parallel/Printer Port, 2 Serial Ports
>> USB 2.0 Ready!
> 
> Should be fine- make sure the kernel is new enough to have EHCI support for 
> USB 2.0

Should be fine with recent 2.4.x kernels (EHCI), not the box on the 
whole.   Personally i'd suggest a box that was alot less bleeding edge, 
especially for a kid who doesn't need that much horsepower.


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