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Submission + - Build your own quad-core PC for less than $1,500

Submitted by PizzaJoe on Sunday September 09, 2007 @08:55PM

PizzaJoe writes: Want to build a powerful quad-core system for less than $1,500? Want a system that scores 5.3 on the Windows Experience Index without tweaks (with scope for hitting much closer to the magic 5.9)? Hardware 2.0 shows you how:

Four cores, each running at 2.4GHz, 8MB of L2 cache, blistering speed ... what more is there to say?! Sure, I could have spent more money and got a faster processor, but it wouldn't have been all that cost effective.

At the heart of this project is a Q6600 processor and an ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard. Complete parts list available here.

Submission + - linuX-gamers Live DVD 0.9

Submitted by xer0c on Wednesday June 13, 2007 @04:27AM

xer0c writes: As a special for the LinuxTag 2007 in Berlin, the linuX-gamers.net team developed a LiveDVD based on ArchLinux for instant gaming.

To their surprise, the DVD came as a bombshell. The visitors of the biggest european Open Source exhibition were amazed about what is possible with a LiveDVD, yet and took along almost 100 DVDs in exchange for a little donation to the linuX-gamers.org foundation.

This 2.4 GB bootable medium contains both the NVIDIA and ATI proprietary Linux drivers and includes the following 3D games: BzFLag, Enemy Territory, Glest, Nexuiz, Sauerbraten, Torcs, Tremulous, True Combat: Elite, Warsow and World of Padman.
This is a development build on the way to the 1.0 release, but users are encouraged to test the live DVD and provide suggestions for the upcoming stable release. For more information please read the release announcement and visit the project's web site.

Download the DVD image via BitTorrent or HTTP mirror: lg-live-0.9.iso (2,464MB).

Submission + - NFS vs. Samba for backing up a Mac to Linux?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 24, 2007 @08:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: I want to back up my MacBook Pro to a big hard drive on my Linux server. How should I mount the Linux filesystem on OSX for maximum throughput for the backup? I've been using Samba so far, but it is far slower than it should be on my Gigabit network, using Apples otherwise very nice Backup.app software. Any recommendations for the optimal setup? Are there other choices than NFS and Samba?

Submission + - Version Control on Personal Computers

Submitted by

Tokimasa

on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:17PM

Tokimasa writes: "In my CS and SE education, the use of version control has been stressed. However, I have yet to find anything suitable for a personal computer. What are the best alternatives to setting up a version control system on a personal computer, mounted locally?"

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