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Building the Perfect Box: How to Design Your Linux Workstation

by Eric S. Raymond

December 1996

This article, written for the Linux Journal, is a guide to building capable Linux workstations on the cheap from generic PC hardware.

1. Introduction

2. What To Optimize

3. So What Processor Should I Buy, Then?

4. One Disk or Two?

5. Monitor And Video

6. Easier Choices

7. Some Pitfalls To Avoid.

8. How To Buy

9. When To Buy

10. The Recipe File

11. Questions To Ask Your Vendor

12. After You Take Delivery

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