moin moin,
I'm wanting to do some virtual machine testing. I've grown tired
of getting old hardware to work, so I thought I'd use this as an excuse to
get a nice box with multi-core CPU(s) and at least a couple of GB of RAM.
So, I wandered over to the Dell website and search for both Linux and Ubuntu.
Both searches essentially bring up the following search results.
http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=bsd&c=us&l=en&cs=04&k=ubuntu&cat=all
That recommended result that mentions Ubuntu brings up a page of boxen
with FreeDOS and RHEL on them. No Ubuntu :(.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=mn
What gives? Where are the boxen with support for Ubuntu?
I don't know anything about which CPU is better, etc. nowadays. They all
way outperform my needs, so it's generally irrelevant for me :).
With this box, though, I'd like something that'll handle well for
virtualization stuff, but not be a power hog.
I would generally prefer something from AMD. Would the Intel quad core
CPUs make a huge difference?
AMD ATHLON⢠X2 6000+ (3.0GHZ,1MBX2) [add $240]
AMD ATHLON⢠X2 5600+ (2.8GHZ,1MBX2) [add $155]
AMD ATHLON⢠5400B (2.8GHz,512KBX2) [add $130]
AMD ATHLON⢠64 X2 5000+ (2.60GHz, 512KBx2) [add $95]
AMD ATHLON⢠X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ,512KBX2) [add $40]
AMD ATHLON⢠X2 4000+ (2.1GHZ,512KBX2) [Included in Price]
Those descriptions are less than helpful.
Any recommendations on the Dell offering or from a company that actually
offers Ubuntu?
Yeah, I won't be keeping their install, but I will back it up for
reference should something not work on my install. It would also be nice
to have a decent shot of actually getting support for Ubuntu.
ciao,
der.hans
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