2009/5/27 Stuart McGraw <smcg2297(a)frii.com>:
g wrote:
>
> Stuart McGraw wrote:
>
>> Does any one have any hardware "recipes" like this (or a pointer to a
web
>> site with some?) Thanks.
>
> where else but,
http://linuxhardware.org/.
>
> have a look along right hand side of page;
> 'Latest Forum Posts', and 'Topics'.
My bad. I'd seen that, but thought from the title
it was a processor (only) comparison and hadn't
read it. The article was indeed the kind of thing I am looking for.
However, it is more than two years
(I don't think the HP wx8400 is available any more)
and I would prefer info that is more current. I didn't
see any similar info on the site that was newer (but
I am still looking).
HP (and again, I'm not saying they are better than anyone else, just
that I have experience of them) XW series Workstations are all
certified with RHEL, which means that Fedora will work absolutely
fine. I used an xw9300 for many years, but now the dc series desktops
have just as good bang-per-buck as anything less than an xw8000 series
machine.
HP publish a Linux Support Matrix for their Desktop and Workstation
machines and if RHEL5 is listed, Fedora will work. If there's no
certification, Fedora might still work - but I understand you are
looking for guarantees.
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/321143-0-0-0-121.html
http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/317386-0-0-0-121.html
If you are looking for some less vendor specific recommendations, why
not have a look at the Red Hat Hardware Certification site
(
https://hardware.redhat.com/) as pretty much anything that is
certified to work with RHEL will work with Fedora versions newer than
F8.
--
Sam