hitest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hi All,In the new year I'm going to buy a used unit, something to play with, to install other Linux distros on.I'd like to take a run at Iccaros Linux 1.0, Slackware,BSD, Gentoo, maybe Fedora Core 3. I'm thinking of getting a Plll 800 or so with 256 MB RAM, it'll cost me around $100.Has anyone had good luck with these brands. IBM or HP?I've been able to run iccaros's version of Linux on my wife's IBM so that's an argument for IBM and Slackware.I'd just like to find a unit that people have had good luck installing Linux on. I'm currently running Mandrake 10.1 on my main station, but I'd like to try something else.Thanks for your time.hitest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 My only experiences with either are with laptops, unfortunately, but based on those I'd say IBM in an instant. But then, I reflexively say IBM whenever someone asks this sort of question Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 My only experiences with either are with laptops, unfortunately, but based on those I'd say IBM in an instant. But then, I reflexively say IBM whenever someone asks this sort of question Thanks, jcl. I know I can always look on the Internet for the answer to my question, but I wanted to hear some hands on experiences from Besttechie members.I appreciate your help, man. I'll go with IBM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uberpenguin Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 My only experiences with either are with laptops, unfortunately, but based on those I'd say IBM in an instant. But then, I reflexively say IBM whenever someone asks this sort of question /me laments the selling off of the Thinkpad division; it made some of the best Linux and BSD compatible laptops...-uberpenguin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 My only experiences with either are with laptops, unfortunately, but based on those I'd say IBM in an instant. But then, I reflexively say IBM whenever someone asks this sort of question /me laments the selling off of the Thinkpad division; it made some of the best Linux and BSD compatible laptops...-uberpenguin Cool. Thanks, uberpenguin. I'm happily researching stuff about NetVista Plll 866. According to the Slackware website they've egineered their distro to be compatible with IBM architecture. Another vote of confidence for IBM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 as long as the HP site says "HP recomends Windows XP" even in there HP-UNIX boxes I would stick with IBM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 as long as the HP site says "HP recomends Windows XP" even in there HP-UNIX boxes I would stick with IBM. Thanks, iccaros! I appreciate your advice IBM is my choice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 don't know much about linux but I prefer my IBM lappy to my son's hp desktopJD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 don't know much about linux but I prefer my IBM lappy to my son's hp desktopJD I agree, a friend of mine has an old IBM think pad, he swears by it..........................not at it Thanks, man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dogbert2 Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 My Dad works at HP so I'm alwas going to recomend them!I've had some good luck on my pentuim 2, 200mhz vectra running redhat 9. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitest Posted December 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 My Dad works at HP so I'm alwas going to recomend them!I've had some good luck on my pentuim 2, 200mhz vectra running redhat 9. Thanks, Dogbert2! I've used an old Vectra before, very nice unit indeed. A friend of mine has an HP and likes it a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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