[ubuntu-za] New Computer

[frans]

On 12/09/28 07:41, Bill Cairns wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 7:13 AM, frans <dormakorp at vodamail.co.za> wrote:
>
>> My first question usually are what will the system be used for?
>>
> Good question!
>
> I am just a home user. Photography (lots of Gimp), desktop publishing
> (Scribus), lots of word processing, some Python to keep the brain
> cells ticking (my history is 1960s assembly languages > Fortran and
> Cobol > Pascal and now Python but that's another story), GPS stuff and
> so on. At the moment I am running on 2 Gig memory and dual 2.13 Ghz
> processors without major problems although I sometimes get frustrated.
>
> In addition I want the new machine to act as a file and print server
> for my other machines around the house - both for backup and for
> moving files around. (I have another 500 Gig drive that I will install
> on it). However, the load from being a server would be very light.
>
> Lee's machine sounds wonderful, but I think that I could get rid of
> all the other machines in the house too if I had one like that!
>
> Thanks,
>    Bill
See what I mean, you should have plenty of joy with the proposed 
system... depending on your backup needs you might consider going for a 
larger hdd than the 1TB though... I would also assume the 500GB to be 
used mostly for the OS and Home folders. :)

-- 
  When working on a computer you have to know enough:
  To fake what you don't know.
  Google what you can't fake.
  How (and when) to 'motivate' the computer to do what Google won't tell.

Frans de Waal
IT Manager/
Dormakorp