**building a Linux-Mandrake system... ideas?

[trebor63]

I'm in the process of putting together a box for Linux and looking for some input for componets to use.

dual processor MB - what is better/supported.. AMD or Intel?
video card w/3d?
sound card?
Any other ideas!?

I've been playing around with Mandrake 8.0 for a couple of weeks and have really enjoyed it... even my wife (who shys away from the computer) liked the KDE desktop and found it easy to use.

Any input greatly appreciated!

Bob

 

[n0cmonkey]

One thing that will save you money and some headaches, get slightly older hardware. Both AMD and Intel are well supported in linux, grab either. for a video card would recommend ATI (since you seem to need 3d). I personally do not like nVidia, but others here recommend them for linux. I just use Matrox since they are well supported and I dont play games. I like my Creative ensoniq AudioPCI soundcard, but you may have different needs (mp3s sound fine for me).

 

[BlvdKing]

There is a supported hardware list on www.linux-mandrake.com. If you want to buy a printer, make sure it's on the list. Right now I have Mandrake 8 running on this system:

TBird 1200
VIA KT133
Radeon 32 mb DDR (AGP)
Creative PCI 128 (built into the motherboard)
Linksys 10/100 NIC
Toshiba 16x DVD
Zip
Floppy

As you can see, I have hardware that's about 6months - year since release and everything works.

Also, wait for about a month until Mandrake 8.1 comes out non-beta. It has some real improvements.

 

[DaHitman]

Here is my hardware... all supported in Linux...

AMD 1.3 Gig Athlon
ABIT KT7A-RAID MB... not using gay ass software raid.. but using onboard HPT as fast regular ATA/100 controllers.
512MB PC133 RAM
Vodoo 3000 AGP... (Still gets 60+ FPS baby!! I will upgrade when a Radeon is $69.)
2 x 20GB Quantum Fireball IDE ATA/100 Hardrives.
Creative SB Live 5.1
Hauppauge WinTV PCI TV Card
Intellisync Optical Scroll Mouse
Lexmark Optra E312 (KICKASS Postscript Level 2 laster printer for LESS than $300)... I AM USING IT VIA **USB** IN LINUX
Network cards that I have working in Linux, various Netgear (like FA311) , Linksys (like Ether16, NC100), various 3Com, and generic NE2000 compatable.
USB Cannon Digital S10 Elph Camera
USB Scanner Visioneer 6100
Buslink Ultra SCSI PCI Card with Quantum DLT 2000 and HP DDS2 DAT drive.
IDE Ricoh RW7120A CDR/RW 12xR 10xRW 32xread


Running under RedHat 7.1, Mandrake 8, and Debian Unstable.