Building new machine -- Ubuntu compatible?

[Derek Maciel]

Well, really you should only build a miniITX system if you
specifically /need/ a minisystem. Like, if you need a smallish build,
a microATX motherboard would be bigger than a miniITX but it has more
PCI slots, etc. A microATX motherboard is still pretty small, and I've
seen cases for that form factor on Newegg that look like a DVD player,
so they're obviously a lot smaller than a normal ATX-form-factor
build.

If you're planning on building a mini system, and you'd like to hang
it behind your LCD monitor, or in your Entertainment System and use it
as a DVR/home server, then you should go with a miniITX.

On 12 September 2010 05:50, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 12 September 2010 02:50:53 Leonardo Augusto wrote:
>> Almost every (even really old school computers - pentium 133 like) computer
>> can run xubuntu...
>> It's pretty fast, with average eyecandy, with all the ubuntu support (from
>> both canonical and the community)
>>
>
> I just lent to a friend with a dead laptop, the only spare working PC I have,
> which is a Celeron 600 with 3x128MB RAM. It's running Lucid Xubuntu. It was
> working OK with my WiFi but not in her flat for some reason, but I was able
> to move the ADSL router to a phone socket in the same room and connect the PC
> through the Ethernet. It's usable for her for a couple of months.
>
> She doesn't need power or portability so I'm recommending she gets one of the
> Atom motherboards I used in the low power server. It takes up to 2GB memory
> and has a DVI socket so it should make a nice little mini system for her
> methinks. I'm wondering whether or not to get another one for myself to play
> around with.
>
> Dave
>
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