11 Apr
2003
11 Apr
'03
12:45 p.m.
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Royce & Sharal Pereira wrote:
I'm Planning to buy a PC for home. It will be a Celeron 1.2G, due to cost considerations(compared to P4).
I would reccommend an Athlon XP 18. It has excellent performance and is cheaper than the P4. Linux compatibility is good, but the nvidia chipset requires a proprietary driver, available at no cost and without source from the nvidia website. If you have no hang ups with using non-Free stuff, then it's good, otherwise go for a different chipset.
You can also look at Via/Cyrix. They claim to be linux friendly.
Philip
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