I had good experiences at CanadaComputers too. I bought 2 servers there en
2010 and 2011 and they are still working 24/7 since I purchased them.
Charles
On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 6:49 PM J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> 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.
>
> 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
> >
>
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