He didn't "configure" a computer for $200
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| Steven_Rosenber May 25, 2010 7:39 PM EDT |
I watched maybe 1 minute of the 10-minute video. He bought a huge monitor from geeks.com and used an old computer lying around. He could've used the monitor he had and spent $0 ... |
| gus3 May 25, 2010 8:12 PM EDT |
I picked up two monitors at a local Goodwill, 1280x1024@60Hz, one IBM, one Dell, for $5 each. They were nice about letting me test them before I bought them. I took my Eee PC, plus a standard AC power cord for the monitors. They tested fine, obviously. |
| jdixon May 25, 2010 9:51 PM EDT |
Lots of places sell refurbished off-lease computers for $100 or less (the place I've dealt with is http://www.intechraoutlet.com ). You can buy a refurbished off-lease monitor for about the same amount. So you really can build a complete Linux system for just over $200 with shipping. |
| TxtEdMacs May 26, 2010 8:06 AM EDT |
Don't be naive ... it's Microsoft's definition of Open at work here. Opps, hit the wrong thread. It was meant for "Looks interesting but ... " |
| gus3 May 26, 2010 11:34 AM EDT |
It works here, too. "Looks interesting but... *snerk* $200? Bwahaha. You're going to build a Windows-capable system for $200?" Followed by hysterical-hyena laughter. (Wasn't "Hysterical Hyena" an Ubuntu release? If not, it should have been.) |
| bigg May 26, 2010 11:44 AM EDT |
I recently took out a rather old Compaq, with a 250 MHz Cyrix processor. I put Tiny Core on it, hooked up an old monitor, and for $0 I had a working computer. Tiny Core works great, though YouTube is a bit much for it. For visiting LXer, checking email, or typing in Abiword, it works great. |
| jdixon May 26, 2010 3:09 PM EDT |
> You're going to build a Windows-capable system for $200?" Sure. As long as you don't specify the version of Windows. Any machine less than 5 years old should be able to run Windows 2000 (or an even earlier version if you desire). Something that would really be useful would be a Windows equivalent to DOSBox tailored for running old Windows games that won't work in newer versions of Windows. |
| Craig_Lunt May 26, 2010 8:32 PM EDT |
I'm sorry - "Windows capable" is an Oxymoron |
| tuxchick May 26, 2010 9:34 PM EDT |
Oh the gratuitous Windows-bashing! Come on folks, Windows is capable of all kinds of things. It can boot. Sometimes. It provides a warm, welcoming, fertile environment for homeless malware. How many of you would adopt a nasty little Trojan horse, or an unlovely virus? Ha! I bet none of you. So there you are. Right there, there, and there. |
| PaulFerris May 27, 2010 11:37 AM EDT |
Tuxxy: Are you saying that we will know when the Linux desktop has arrived -- it will be able to run a test suite of Malware products, viruses? I can hear it now "The Linux desktop has arrived! Linux now capable of running Gator!" |
| gus3 May 27, 2010 1:28 PM EDT |
Several years ago, Robin Miller (co-founder of Slashdot) tried to infect a Linux system with several Windows malwares. When he failed miserably, he said Linux must not be a very capable system. All tongue-in-cheek, of course. |
| azerthoth May 27, 2010 1:50 PM EDT |
Sadly with the increase in compatibility via wine, I have discovered that there really are windows virii that can survive happily there. |
| Steven_Rosenber May 27, 2010 2:30 PM EDT |
So if you run Wine and that part of your system picks up viruses or other malware - what happens, do you have a hosed Wine area that you have to wipe out? Would this affect Linux files that you access through Wine-enabled Windows apps? Do Wine users need to be running antivirus? And would Linux antivirus apps such as clamav offer any protection in this regard? |
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