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Budget is upto 3000 USD. When I say pre-configured, I only need Ubuntu installed. I am more than happy to play around and install my own stuff as needed. Love t
by codegeek 13y ago
Budget is upto 3000 USD. When I say pre-configured, I only need Ubuntu installed. I am more than happy to play around and install my own stuff as needed. Love the "sudo apt-get .." and "sudo pip install..." commands :)
- japhyr 13y agoI'm a little confused. Do you know how to install ubuntu yourself?
- codegeek 13y agoWhen I partitioned my laptop, I googled and used the Ubuntu website to follow the instructions. So I guess I can certainly play around and install it myself. But I would rather skip that part. I am more interested in spending time on installing individual libraries/packages etc. that I need for my work.
- japhyr 13y agoI ask for a couple reasons. First of all, if you are spending as much as you are talking about to get a good desktop, you are limiting yourself pretty significantly by only looking at machines with pre-installed ubuntu. If you can install packages from the command line and partition your laptop, you will have zero trouble installing ubuntu. Second, if you are going to program in any serious manner, then being able to tear down and rebuild a linux install will be a good core skill.
- codegeek 13y agofair enough. So what do you recommend ?
- japhyr 13y agoI haven't owned a desktop in about 8 years, so I can't recommend a specific machine. But I can definitely say that you should consider some machines that don't have linux pre-installed. That said, you do want to order a machine, or parts, that play nice with linux.