AMUG Talk:Cheap computer at Frys

On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 08:04, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2004, at 7:56 AM, Craig White wrote:
>
> > ThizLinux is a chinese compilation of Linux
> >
> > Haven't used it. You can wipe the hard drive out and install anything
> > you want on it (x86 based_naturally)
>
> That's good to know. I was afraid that it might have issues with
> proprietary drivers. Do you know anything about the quality of the
> hardware? Is it better than eMachines?
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Judging by Devin's post - who obviously has more experience than I with
these boards (my experience = 0), it would seem that...

- there are at least some variety of these boards

- the processor obviously emulates the 386/586/686 instruction set
(exactly which I don't know - but VIA web page would have something)

- you are likely to encounter EVERYTHING integrated in chipset on the
board, according to Devin again, hardware detection with random success
on a per distro basis.

- better than eMachines? Is this a trick question?

Craig