Re: [tlug] Linux compatible motherboards

[Joseph Essertier <essertier@example.com>]

Joe wrote:

> >  If it's really
> > easy, and they cost just a little more, I'll probably buy from them.   

Lyle wrote:

> Keep us posted on how that goes, because I'm still going to be in the 
> market for new equipment even if (when?) I get that old custom box of 
> mine straighted out. 


Joe:
Okay.  I'm planning on telling you how this purchase goes.
Sorry about the last post, which did not have my reply in it.  I was 
about to send a copy of it to myself at another email address, when I 
accidentally hit the "send" button before I had taken the TLUG email 
address out of the recipient list.


Lyle:

> I have family using Linux on an old NEC


[snip]

> I've become a little nervous about making any major changes to that.


Joe:
Yes.  I had trouble when I made changes to SuSE 9.3 once, and recently 
had trouble when making changes to the unofficial Japanese version of 
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy).  The Japanese version is nice because many 
things--not only Japanese input but things like Adobe Reader--are all 
set up for you right after installation, but when I updated it, it 
started having all kinds of problems. 



Joe:

> > Some day I'd like to be able to have some understanding of
> > the individual parts of the machine and be able to replace or add parts
> > as needed.

Lyle:

> Now this is a very strong argument in favor of a custom box!  



Joe:
Now I really don't know what to do!   I think I'm going to go somewhere 
and jell out for awhile.  Ha! Ha! 

Joe