[SC.LUG]How many machines do you need?

[Ewan Leith]

I know someone who collects IBM RS/6000 servers, he has about 6-8 at the 
moment, all except one can only run AIX, IBMs Unix, the other one could 
run Linux.

Personally I have 3 computers - a laptop for work, Windows XP and Suse, 
a shuttle xpc running Win 2k and Suse, and finally a Mini-itx machine 
running redhat 8.. http://www.mini-itx.com/ is a great place to find a 
cheap dedicated linux machine, everything but the dvd playback hardware 
is supported on any reasonably modern distribution.

Ewan

Neil Lucock wrote:

> On Monday 06 Oct 2003 6:15 pm, Simeon wrote:
> 
>  although I'll have a surplus of machines again! I did have a
> 
>>throw out recently of a heap of ISA i/o cards which was emotionally
>>very challenging!!!!! Still got 3 more machines in the house than I
>>realistically need. 
> 
> 
> Someone else who collects computers? Realistically, I just need one (Linux) 
> machine and one "experimental" machine to install new OSs on and mess with. 
> At present I have one Linux mandrake (Duron) machine, one Win 2k (Via chip) 
> machine, A sparc (Redhat), a laptop (SuSE) and a HP Visualize (HP-UX and 
> CDE). The wife has Win XP on her PC and Win 2K on a laptop, my daughter has 
> Win Me (and Mandrake) on her PC. 8 computers for three people is a bit 
> excessive. A friend of mine collected motorbikes in the same way. You can 
> only ride one at a time.
> Is there a self-help group for people like me? Does anyone else have the same 
> problem (see something interesting on ebay and buy it)? What hardware do you 
> use most of the time? (through choice). 
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
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