I'm Building a $200 Linux Desktop

[Eberhard Roloff]

Michael Haney wrote:
> This board has the Intel GMA 950 GPU that has 128MB of dedicated video
> RAM.  Right now the Atom 330 is the fastest of the Intel Atom CPUs.
> Most netbooks are using the slower Atom N270s which run at 1.6 or
> 1.8GHz and are single core as far as I know.  This CPU is a 2GHz dual
> core CPU with a 667MHz FSB.  That's plenty of power for Ubuntu.  I
> already have a gaming machine, I just need a new desktop for my daily
> stuff like surfing the web, watching videos, playing DVDs, and writing
> my novel (keep an eye out in a few years in your local bookstore).
> 

Michael,

thanks much for sharing. This looks like a real nice little piece of 
Hardware.

just see this for potential problems:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-253965_12_0.html

So, I would add to your list a heatsink solution to replace the very 
noisy and inefficient chipset cooler.

Also, on another note, if that is your daily stuff, a
dumb terminal would probably be much cheaper and much quieter at the 
same time. I use a ancient PIII with 256MB for the prupose.

You can connect it to your gaming machine with an LTSP server.

Kind regards
Eberhard