[ubuntu-uk] pre-installed Ubuntu from UK vendor :)

[Alan Lord (News)]

On 21/02/11 17:27, Ross Mounce wrote:
>>  have you thought about just building your own?
>
> I'm very happy to unscrew and plug things in/out. I've done RAM upgrades
> and HDD replacements.
> Simple stuff like that.
>
> But the prospects of 'thermal grease/paste' and 'bent pins' WRT to
> processor + mobo + heat sink scares me tbh.

It really isn't hard if you are patient. Pretty much everything is keyed 
so it only goes in way round...

Here's the last machine I built and it's been great.

http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/08/build-your-own-pc/
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/09/09/build-your-own-pc-part-ii/
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/11/30/build-your-own-pc-part-iii/

My wife's machine and the kid's desktop computers were all home built 
too. Go on.

Al



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