How to put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux - Powerpc

This is a discussion on How to put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux - Powerpc ; Note the correct term... is GNU/Linux http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html a. How would you put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux rather than getting an apple computer with the OS X 10.3.2 update See also http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/darwin/ http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/ http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/ http://a352.g.akamai.net/7/352/51/56...B_10082003.pdf b. What ...

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  1. How to put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux

    Note the correct term... is GNU/Linux
    http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html


    a. How would you put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux
    rather than getting an apple computer with the OS X 10.3.2 update

    See also
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/darwin/
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/
    http://a352.g.akamai.net/7/352/51/56...B_10082003.pdf



    b. What manufacturers' hardware components would be best ?... if you
    do not use...
    . do not use games
    . do not edit photographs
    . do not edit moving pictures
    . do not edit audio

    do use web sites...
    . viewing graphically intensive web sites with photography
    . viewing graphically intensive web sites with moving images
    . listening to web sites with audio



    c. What web links describe off the shelf out of the box computers that
    are ready to plug in and are running GNU/Linux ?...


    Note the correct term... is GNU/Linux
    http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html

  2. Re: How to put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux

    In article , Don Saklad
    wrote:

    > Note the correct term... is GNU/Linux
    > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
    >
    >
    > a. How would you put together a computer that works, that runs GNU/Linux
    > rather than getting an apple computer with the OS X 10.3.2 update
    >
    > See also
    > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/darwin/
    > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/x11/
    > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/
    >
    > http://a352.g.akamai.net/7/352/51/56...acosx/pdf/Pant
    > her_Unix_TB_10082003.pdf
    >
    >
    >
    > b. What manufacturers' hardware components would be best ?... if you
    > do not use...
    > . do not use games
    > . do not edit photographs
    > . do not edit moving pictures
    > . do not edit audio
    >
    > do use web sites...
    > . viewing graphically intensive web sites with photography
    > . viewing graphically intensive web sites with moving images
    > . listening to web sites with audio
    >
    >
    >
    > c. What web links describe off the shelf out of the box computers that
    > are ready to plug in and are running GNU/Linux ?...
    >
    >
    > Note the correct term... is GNU/Linux
    > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html


    ummmmm... there a prize for this? Like a computer that will run
    GNU/Linux properly (unlike my apple computer with the OS X 10.3.1
    update)?

    Nikki

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