Cheapest NEW system that can run Ubuntu?

[Warpnow]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8902312&WishListTitle=Cheap

ITX Motherboard. Dimensions of the entire built system would be 8.7" x 5.1" x 11.8".

Just amuses me that an Ubuntu PC can be built for so cheap using an ultra slim form factor.

A while back there was a thread about how cheap you could build a system. What do you guys think? Can it be done cheaper using new parts?

You could drop the price another $30 by using a 40 or 80 gb hard drive.

[gali98]

Well you could forego the case and just buy a big fan from walmart :)
really though, it looks pretty good to me.
Though if you took off the new requirement, I bought a $10 computer from a garage sale and it ran ubuntu fine (well.. as good as 416 MHz can when overclocked :))
Kory

[Warpnow]

Well you could forego the case and just buy a big fan from walmart :)
really though, it looks pretty good to me.
Though if you took off the new requirement, I bought a $10 computer from a garage sale and it ran ubuntu fine (well.. as good as 416 MHz can when overclocked :))
Kory

I run a 350mhz PC as a backup. It has 128mbs of ram. It will run Ubuntu fine if I use ICEwm or Fluxbuntu.

The problem with used PCs is you can't replicate the purchase for people finding the thread. So the information is neat, but not valuable. :-p

[phrostbyte]

You can get a prebuild PC with Linux for $199 and slap Ubuntu on it. I think Shuttle sells the KPC. It's actually not to terrible system stats wise, for web browsing, e-mail, development, IMing etc.

[Warpnow]

You can get a prebuild PC with Linux for $199 and slap Ubuntu on it. I think Shuttle sells the KPC. It's actually not to terrible system stats wise, for web browsing, e-mail, development, IMing etc.

Very interesting. I looked up their site. Looks neat.

I don't know how the Celeron 430 compared with the Atom. Could be alot better or worse, I'm not sure. The $200 model does come wiuth an 80gb hard drive. Also ITX is about half the size of a shuttle I think.

[gali98]

I know as far as mobile stuff, the atom is supposed to be streamlined for it, but how I don't know. I guess better instruction sets and quality.
Looking at the wikipedia article,
some interesting things:
It is for low power applications,
It can't run 64bit code

It will be used in Netbook/Nettop systems, and feature a system-on-chip (SOC) with an integrated single-channel DDR2 memory controller and an integrated graphics core.

Somewhat better than celeron that I can see, and pretty cheap too.
You might also check out System76.
They are a little pricey, but they have good quality.
Also Dell just released the inspiron mini 9 that has ubuntu on it and is only $350....

Kory

[McLogic]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8902312&WishListTitle=Cheap

Just amuses me that an Ubuntu PC can be built for so cheap using an ultra slim form factor.

A while back there was a thread about how cheap you could build a system. What do you guys think? Can it be done cheaper using new parts?


I find that my 2.0 Ghz C2D is almost ALWAYS limited by the slow hard disk or slow network. DO NOT buy a cheap disk or a small disk, as full disk is as slow as a cheap disk.

I would go for something a bit more. Another $5 would buy you 1 GB of RAM -- so you don't have to swap to disk.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144209

This disk has a 32 MB cache and is twice the size (500 GB) for another $15, so it will have contiguous free space when you need it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

For another $20.00 you have a MUCH better machine.