2009/5/26 Stuart McGraw <smcg2297@xxxxxxxx>: > Hello all, > > Time has come to replace my ancient circa 2001 > computers with something new. I will probably > buy the parts and build them myself (although > if anyone can recommend a vendor that uses > high quality components, I'll consider that > as well) but want to make sure I end up with > systems that can run Fedora trouble free. > > I'm planning on two identical boxes, one running > an Evil Empire OS, the other Fedora. I want good > performance (the Fedora box will be running servers > (postgresql, apache, postfix, dns, etc) as well as > acting as an interactive development machine. > Although I want good performance, having a trouble > and complication-free install and operation is > higher priority. > > I have just spent several days of mostly fruitless > googling and found large amounts of out-dated, > questionable, ambiguous, contradictory, and other > not-so-good info. > > What I would really like is a collection of tested > specifications: "I used a Fruble-2500 motherboard, > Caterpillar D50 Case, a Dustin Wigetal XZ123 250G > hard drive, Sparker T800 800W power supply,...blah, > blah..., and F10 installed and ran with no problems". > > Does any one have any hardware "recipes" like this > (or a pointer to a web site with some?) Thanks. I realise this is not quite the answer to the question you asked, but I'm keying on the "probably" in front of "buy the parts etc." - I have extensive experience of HP Business Desktops, which I have had very little trouble running Fedora on. In particular, the dc7800 which is out of production and the dc5800 which is still supplied (avoid the dc7900 as I can't get it to boot and run reliably yet). http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF04a/12132708-12132884-12132884-12132884-81559927.html You can get quad-core Q9300 and 8GB of RAM and depending on which case style you opt for, 2-3 HDDs. I happen to have mine with an NVidia NVS290, but the built in Intel GMA3100 seems to work well too. I am not aware of any hardware inside them that is not supported by Fedora. I assume that all the other major vendors (e.g. Dell, Lenovo) have equivalent models in their Business range - those ranges tend to have better, slightly less leading-edge components to the Consumer ranges and are targeted for a 4-5 year lifespan - perhaps someone on the list with other Vendor experience can chip in to provide some balance ;o) Even if you don't need the recommendation, it may be useful to others on the list! -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
