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A myth box, eh ? by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #1 Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 09:50:52 AM EST

Yeah, I've heard of those things. Never seen one, mind you..

Cue other jokes.. by anonimouse (4.00 / 1) #3 Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 10:05:01 AM EST

Its a mythtery. Its a myth they exist....

Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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bad jokes aside by sasquatchan (2.00 / 0) #4 Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 10:20:34 AM EST

what I've read/heard is that they are finnicky, PITA to assemble/put together. An older joke was, has anyone ever actually managed to get one working ? I've not looked in on progress in a while, so it might have advanced.

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: I believe it has by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 10:32:26 AM EST

And in the event of failure, one shall have Windows XP Media edition handy. :-)
Girls come and go but a mortgage is for 25 years -- JtL
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: Have two by notafurry (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Nov 17, 2006 at 11:21:13 AM EST

One backend/frontend combo in the living room, one frontend-only in the den. Works fine.
I highly, highly, highly recommend Jarod's Guide. Bare metal to working, full-feature system with Fedora Core 6 in a couple of hours. You'll want to do a kitchen-sink install, play with the system, then go back and do it again; the second time will be faster, you'll be better at picking out what you want and need, and you'll be happier with the result. I also rebuild the systems once in a while, partly from a need to tinker.

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