Re: Where to start: hardware and reading material
David L Neil <[email protected]>
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>> Another thought is that if you are talking about 'recycling' older (and >> likely cheaper) equipment then rather than downloading the latest version of >> your choice of distro, a version that is -1, -2, or even 3-versions 'old' >> might be more compatible (whatever that concept might be)... >> > > This doesn't ring quite so true for Linux. Generally speaking, the drivers > for hardware get better over time and because it's opensource, someone other > than the vendor is capable of updating those drivers. > > We're not talking about a Windows world here. (Sometimes) it is true. I have found older h/w that wouldn't run the latest, but happily accepted the -2 release (there's one running under my desk as I type). Also a little while back many machines ended-up 'broken' because of the tinkering with X and its configurations... Also, the newer the release the more likely it requires larger quantities of RAM. Finally, (I only mention because earlier in the thread we had ideas involving VMs), there are plenty of machines available on the second-hand market which don't have h/w virtualisation features... (yes I know, some hypervisors don't require them) NB I would, in the normal course of events, recommend folk use a recent release in preference to something 'old'; but the OP stated his criteria so that's the name of the game! -- Regards, =dn _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug