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Alex Malinovich wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 18:41 -0500, Hydrian wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Ello all,
I was wondering if anybody has experimented with a Dell C251 as a
linux machine and possibly as MythTV frontend. At least spec wise is
looks perfect for me. DVI and digital audio out. If any body has
played with one, what were the noise levels like with that machine?
At sub $400, it looks like a reasonably priced frontend.
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If you're using it for JUST a frontend it'll probably be a good choice,
but if you're planning on getting any serious use out of it I'd start
out with an Athlon 64 (the base model has a Sempron) and bump up the RAM
and HD for starters.
As far as getting it up and running as a Linux machine I would imagine
it would be a pretty safe bet. Most of Dell's machines nowadays work
quite well in Linux. The onboard video is Nvidia so it should work
pretty will with Nvidia's closed-source drivers. I've installed Debian
on 5 different recent models of Dells (totaling about 15 machines) and
they've all worked without a hitch.
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I was planning on doing the Athlon 64 upgrade to it anyway. I think
they are offering a Athlon 64 3200 for $20 more. I just have to wait
and see if Dell/kernel devs fix the USB problem, if ever.
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