down for the count

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
	Personally, I'd go for a new system, and a linux upgrade to
match. Libc5 is becoming outdated fast, and some programs won't even
compile on it.
	You can go for the new dell systems with linux preinstalled, don't
know what distro they use or how it's configured, though. I bet they
configure it to come up in X windows, and that won't work for you. They
probably won't use slackware, so if you want to stick with that distro,
just get a new system with windlows preloaded, partition the disk, and put
slakware back on. That would probably be easier than messing around with
some vendor's configurations anyway.



On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> 
> I will keep an eye (ear?) on list mail but will not otherwise be very active
> until I get the hardware people to look at this thing and decide whether to
> bandaid it or plunk down for a shiny new system. I am inclined 5toward the
> latter, and in fact am seriously thinking about one of those Dell jobs with
> Linux pre-installed. Any reactions pro or con would be not only appreciated
> but quite timely right now.