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Re: A friendly #linux



Steve,

>     As for me, it is simple.  I buy the parts, build my own.  I've built my
> own since my first PC was bought, a Hyundai 386sx-16 w/DOS 6.22 on it and
> nothing else.  I realized long ago, 9 years now, that the big names also
> equate to proprietary configurations, lock you into a single upgrade path
> (same vendor) which you pay through the ass for and only until they
> discontinue the model.  Since then I have traded, bartered and hinted for
> gifts on computer equiptment.  I've gone through 4 computers since then,
> every since one I built from new and old parts.  In fact, I currently have
> three of them running, one of which I just sold on eBay.  Solid 486, just
> don't need it any more.

Grotesquely off topic, but is there a useful book/website on how to do
this - I've fiddle around inside my box, but being a student for serious
upgrades I'd rather do it myself and save some cash?

Thanks,

Matthew

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