On 2018-12-03 12:49, J C Nash wrote: > Yes, the number of stores is getting fewer, and the remaining vendors are ones > I don't consider useful ("Worst" Buy -- who I discovered do not honour warranties, > Walmart, etc.) However, I have dealt with CanadaComputers and have bought 3 laptops > (all Asus, which have been Debian/Ubuntu/Mint friendly) as well as a tower. The tower, > however, was 2012 and still going strong. They also set it up "no-OS" so I could > avoid the WinTax. Unfortunately, Asus appears to ignore Linux these days. I built up a new desktop from scratch (reusing an old case) about 4 years ago with parts from Canada Computers and have found them quite helpful. It is running Debian (no WinTax) with a video-less CPU (Intel i7-x8xx series) and dual DVI fanless card that is very quiet driving a couple of 27" IPS monitors for doing photo and video processing. > Perhaps other members will contribute some places and some ideas about hardware to > avoid. > > JN > > On 2018-12-03 11:58 a.m., Barry McLarnon wrote: > > My Linux desktop system is getting rather long in the tooth and has some stability issues, so I'm looking to replace > > it.?? It seems that the number of local sources for barebones PCs has dwindled almost to nothing since the last time I > > bought any hardware, and I'm looking for recommendations. > > > > Also, is there any particular hardware, especially graphics, that I should avoid due to iffy Linux support??? I've used > > openSUSE for many years and will probably give their Tumbleweed rolling release a whirl, but apparently it can be a real > > hassle if you don't have well-supported hardware.?? I don't need state of the art, just a stable platform for general > > desktop use and some light-duty server stuff (web, mail, and some in-house streaming). > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may have on what to get and where to get it... > > > > Barry slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org