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Putting together my first Linux box, need advice

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miston

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I know nothing about Linux.

I'm about to get a laptop that I plan on using for everything else on, but I want to put together a cheap desktop to do nothing but download stuff and burn DVDs/CDs.

It will have to connect to to my wireless network, which I have not yet bought, so any recommendations on which wireless router/card to purchase would help, if it matters.

Do I have to get a certain CD burner / DVD burner or will any newer one work in Linux?

So far all I've got for this box is an ATX case and a Celeron 900 mHz. Should I use the Celeron or get some cheaper, faster motherboard combo? Are they're any sites selling motherboard combos specifically used for Linux?

Any help greatly appreciated!

 
The only piece of hardware you mentioned that you should have to worry about compatability-wise could be the wireless card. Pretty much any motherboard and cd burner should work fine.
 
Here is some information on wireless in Linux (for the madwifi drivers). There are probably a couple other drivers for wireless cards, since Linux uses a decentralized development model (which I hate, but had some advantages too). So good luck finding "official" information that's worth a darn.

cdrecord/cdtools has the capability to write to DVDs, I think. So check compatibility with that.

A celeron would be fine, especially for what you want it to do.
 
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