<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Mike</div><div> bigger question is what will Linux not run on. Broadcom wifi can be a bit of a problem but i have not had issues with that in a while</div><div>consider going to the installfest 1st and 3rd Saturdays at UAT 48th and baseline Tempe 10-4PM we have had very few that we could not get working correctly,</div><div>usually due to lack if time to sort out any bugs( showing up at 3pm works if there are no bugs)but....</div><div>we have even installed to apple G3. Brand new (less that 1 yr old) CPU or MB models may have drivers/microcode that have not been added to linux yet so that may be the only thing to stay away from or trial and error<br></div><div>Linux is smaller and faster than windows but avoid too old say a Pentium4 64 bit would work but you would still have by todays standards a slow computer</div><div>Todd<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 7:30 PM, mike enriquez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank">mylinux@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I am planing to build a Linux computer. I have Ubuntu 16.0 on an old Dell XPS. I will be using it as my research computer. So "I will be going where where others do not dare to go." I want a VPN on it because I have not been able to install a VPN on the computer I now have. I want a 64bit OS.<br>
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I know that most people say to use and old computer to run Linux. I need ideas on Hardware to avoid and use. What would you do if you had to build your own Linux computer from scratch?<br>
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Thanks for your input.<br>
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Mike Enriquez<br>
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