a good desktop for kubuntu

[O. Sinclair]

John Culleton wrote:
> On Saturday 07 February 2009 13:37:39 Patricia Wilson wrote:
>> I have been asked to specify a good Intel/AMD desktop for Linux to 
> be used
>> for development work. Anyone know of any dogs or any really good 
> systems? I
>> am currently looking at a Dell Precision line which comes with Red 
> Hat
>> pre-installed. Anyone know of systems that can be ordered with 
> Kubuntu
>> installed?
>>
>> -- 
>> Patricia Wilson
>> Apache Junction, AZ
>> Member NRA, ARRL
>> WB8DXX
>>
> 
> I just ordered a Systemax no OS desktop PC from Tiger Direct.  I think 
> this is an older model. It costs $299 plus shipping. It has the 
> following:
> INtel Celeron Dual Core E1200,
> MSI G31M3-F motherboard (no longer manufactured)
> 250 GB SATA II drives (2)
> 20x DVD-RW
> Gigabit LAN. 
> 
> Support comes direct from the manufacturer, not from Tiger Direct.  
> Since Linux runs on almost anything I think I will do OK. 
> 
> A short anecdote. I bought my wife a refurbished HP laptop with Vista. 
> I intended to downgrade (upgrade?) to Win XP but HP wouldn´t endorse 
> this move because drivers may be missing. But I popped an old Knoppix 
> disk in the optical drive and it fired right up.  
> 
Knoppix is fab for testing, fixing problems etc. Have saved x number of 
infected windows computers using it.