Gerard Keating wrote:
>>I am about to purchase two DELL machines for use as Linux machines.
>>>>>>>>>I was thinking of getting the "DELL OptiPlex GX270"
>>>>>>>Opps, click send before I was finished.
>>Are some DELL models better/worse for linux than others.
>>I would like to get the "Dell Precision Workstation 450 Desktop" which
>come with RedHat 9.0, but am not sure if the budget covers it.
>>cheers
>>I had the Precision Workstation and it was a kick ass machine . Buy it
with SCSI and it runs like a
dream.
If Dell say that a system supports Linux it does, if they do not then
you can look forward to incompatable modems, possibly ethernet and video
too.
--B
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