[newbie] Next Newbie Meet

[Thomas McVeigh]

On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 12:59  PM, Jim Moffatt wrote:

> Hi Everyone
> I read this list all the time.  I have to admit that although I am 
> competent
> in Windows I am not comfortable with Microsoft and would really like to
> start using Linux but I don't know enough about it to create an 
> intelligent
> question. Nothing, zilch, nada.
> A question that I would like answered is "What are the basic system
> requirements to run Linux?  Is there a top end to the  system power 
> that
> Linux can utilize?

Bottom end - x386 intel chip. Top End - IBM Mainframe.

Anything in between can run Linux, but the real question is "What kind 
of hardware does Linux need to perform well when I am doing the tasks I 
need to do on a computer?"

Tell me what you do, and I can probably narrow down what kind of system 
requirements *YOU* have. Someone who does a lot of video rendering has 
different needs from somebody who just wants to surf the web and read 
email.

cheers!

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Thomas G. McVeigh-- Office Manager
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