[Discuss] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: I need a recommendation for a Linux-compatible high-end PC builder

[George Farris]

You might consider supporting one of the many Linux vendors such as
System76, ZaReason or Purisum.

Cheers
George


On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 17:20 +0000, Deryk Barker (Honorary Colleague)
wrote:
> I recently bought (via newegg.ca) an Intel Skull Canyon (where do
> they get the names), which has a quad-core seventh generation i7,
> together with 32GB G.Skill DDR4 RAM and a Samsung 500GB "gum stick"
> SSD.
> 
> Total, including taxes etc $1650.
> 
> Aside from one of the two DIMMs being faulty everything "just
> worked",  booted Mint from a USB stick and installed it in about 10
> minutes.
> 
> This is to replace my 4-year old machine, a quad-core i5 with 16GB,
> which started to get hardware-related errors just before Xmas.
> Replacing it seamlessly in our home network is taking rather more
> than 10 minutes, but that's not Intel's fault.
> 
> BTW the machine is a SFF and about the size of a paperback book. VESA
> mounting is an option which I will be exploring.
> 
> I am very plaesed with it.
> 
> -------
> Deryk Barker, Faculty Emeritus
> Computer Science Department
> Camosun College, Victoria BC
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Discuss [discuss-bounces at vlug.org] on behalf of Murray Strome [
> wmstrome at shaw.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2018 5:05 AM
> To: discuss at vlug.org; Alan W. Irwin
> Subject: [POSSIBLE SPAM]  Re: [Discuss] I need a recommendation for a
> Linux-compatible high-end PC builder
> 
> I would suggest that you stop in at Mother Computers (Saanich Mall,
> north end near the Tim Hortons) and talk to the technical staff
> there. I
> have had very good luck with anything they have done for me, and at
> reasonable, competitive prices. I am pretty much in the same
> situation,
> and recently got a quote from them on a system close to what you are
> seeking. If I can find it, I will pass it on to you. Other places you
> might want to check out are Boomers, Sneakers and Gizmos (I have also
> found them to be helpful at times in the past). Make sure that you
> get a
> Main Board that has a long support life expectancy - I think the high
> end ASUS ones are probably a good bet.
> Murray
> On 2018-01-08 02:54 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> > Our current principal PC is low end by today's standards, i.e., it
> > has
> > a 2.4GHz clock rate and only two real cpu cores. However, a much
> > larger concern with this system is its age which is a decade old.
> > It's
> > a tribute to ASUS motherboard quality back then that the capacitors
> > and connectors on this MB are still doing well, but there are
> > limits.
> > Therefore, I would not be surprised if I have a sudden need for a
> > new
> > system at any time.  However, I have been saying that for the last
> > 7
> > years!  So a more important concern is that system is rather low
> > end
> > for my current needs.  So in anticipation that I will buy a PC
> > sometime this year I am looking for a Linux-compatible high-end
> > ($1500
> > price range) PC builder with a good reputation.  So your comments
> > on that would be much appreciated (other than "build it myself"
> > since
> > I really don't have that skill set).
> > 
> > I am primarily interested in your recommendations for Linux high-
> > end
> > box builders, but debate over the above design characteristics
> > would
> > be interesting as well.
> > 
> > Alan
> 
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