[wellylug] second computer

Peter Jones PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz
Mon May 9 08:50:22 NZST 2005


> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] second computer
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 22:23 +1200, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> > I'm interested in purchasing a second computer for trying different 
> > distros.  I asked my local computer person and got this:
> > "a secondhand systembox would be around $350, 600Mghz, etc, 
> 6 months 
> > warranty, new case, plus monitor ,keyboard and mouse, Linux 
> can be a bit 
> > of a problem to install."
> > -- 
> > Rosemary
> > 
> > Registered Linux User # 386597  http://counter.li.org
> > "A friend may well be a masterpiece of nature".  Emerson

If you have the two computers on the same desk, why not forgo the second
monitor, keyboard and mouse and instead get a small two port KVM switch such
as this
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/427e7b5f0b3c73c4273fc0a87f99074b
/Product/View/XH4512 




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