<html><head></head><body><div>Get the powerspec and reinstall. The Duluth store is happy for people to test their gear with a live CD of Linux and let them know your results. They mark the tag as runs with Linux. </div><div><br></div><div>OK. So that was a few years ago when I did lots of purchasing from them that they would actually mark the tags. But they've always been receptive to a live CD test of Linux. Most of the sales staff knows about Linux if they don't also use it.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 2016-02-25 at 15:33 -0500, Chris Fowler wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I ran into some nasty problems with my desktop today. I'm using a small BayTrail for now, but I need a replacement. Fry's sells name brands. As does BestBuy. MicroCenter hos PowerSpec, but I don't need Winders on this computer.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Looking for a quad-core AMD 64</div><div>10,000 RPM SATA3</div><div>16G RAM<br>USB 3.0</div><div>PCI-E so I can use a multi-port serial board</div><div>Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Not too happy with NVIDIA at the moment. Want someone more Linux friendly.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div></div><pre>_______________________________________________
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