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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/27/2013 11:01 AM, Ken Bernard
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<div dir="ltr">Hi to everyone at CABAL. I haven't been able to
attend the meetings at Rick's for quite a while. Anyway, I just
went to Fry's and bought a new PC since my current desktop is
years old and much of the newer software updates will no longer
"just install" or "just work."
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<div style="">I have tried to load Knoppix in the new box and
have serious graphic display problems. Since the new box is
using integrated graphics ( AMD, ATI Vision) I think that I
can just pop in a supported graphics card and I should be
good. I guess that I would need a card with native Linux
support or there would be no way to install a new OS.</div>
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<div style="">I suppose I will want to install CentOS 6 on the
new box. I have been using CentOS for several years and I like
the stability and the slow pace at which new or major changes
are made to the UI and other parts of the OS.</div>
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<div style="">The new box: </div>
<div style="">HP P&-1414</div>
<div style="">AMD A8 CPU 3.1 Ghz</div>
<div style="">ATI Vision </div>
<div style="">6 GB RAM</div>
<div style="">1 TB Hard drive</div>
<div style="">PCIe x16 (one)</div>
<div style="">PCIe x1 (three)</div>
<div style="">HP product specs:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03499587&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_usen_c-001_title_r0003">
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<div style="">I would appreciate your feedback on appropriate
graphic cards.</div>
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I'm a big fan of LinuxMint mostly because it just works and I HATE
screwing around with video card drivers, my life is short enough.
That being said I have had a lot of success with nvidia cards. Since
I'm not a gamer I don't have to have the top of the line. So any
card with at least 1 GB of memory, nvidia chip set and HDMI is good
enough for me, YMMV<br>
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Josef<br>
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Josef Grosch | Another day closer |
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