[Cialug] New desktop ?

[David Champion]

Terry A. Haimann wrote:
> I am wanting to upgrade my desktop at home and am considering an 
> inexpensive quad processor.  Is there any hardware devices I should try 
> to avoid on these machines.  When I install should I stay 32 bit or 
> install the 64 bit version.  I am most comfortable with Fedora, is there 
> any other distributions that I should be considering.
>   

To answer Terry's original question... I was recently looking into 
building a new PC, I did some research and had determined that for my 
purposes (replacing my gaming PC) I was going to build an Intel 
Core2quad, hadn't decided on the motherboard.

For your distro, try a couple of the Live CD's and see what you like. As 
I mentioned before, if you like Fedora but want a bit more bling, try 
Mandriva. Ubuntu is OK, but you don't want to be like everyone else, do 
you? ;)

-dc