hardware questions, Ubuntu and Dell

[Anthony Boynes]

It doesn't seem that the Ubuntu options are available under the "Small
& Medium Business" area.

Try this link:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs



On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:34 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> 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 ATHLONâ ¢ X2 6000+ (3.0GHZ,1MBX2) [add $240]
>  AMD ATHLONâ ¢ X2 5600+ (2.8GHZ,1MBX2) [add $155]
>  AMD ATHLONâ ¢ 5400B (2.8GHz,512KBX2) [add $130]
>  AMD ATHLONâ ¢ 64 X2 5000+ (2.60GHz, 512KBx2) [add $95]
>  AMD ATHLONâ ¢ X2 4400+ (2.3GHZ,512KBX2) [add $40]
>  AMD ATHLONâ ¢ 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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