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--- tutorial_items [2019/06/04 12:04] – [Help with GNU/Linux] jcnash
+++ tutorial_items [2019/06/04 12:14] – [Choosing a new computer] jcnash
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 Obviously, this is a constantly evolving topic, and one that is critically related to
 personal and institutional needs. Given this site, the OS will be **Linux**!
+==== 2019: Specs for a desktop/tower computer ====
+-6-4: My (John Nash) current primary "working" machine, called J6, is a Sept 2011 tower,
+which has served me well and is still a useful and well-balanced computer for
+my needs. These are:
+  * a lot of management of files, since I have a goodly collection of computer archives, having been involved with building and using computers since 1961, and I have managed to preserve many of the files, as well as materials from my academic career, my creative writing, folk dance, and personal and family history material.
+  * some computation (i.e., scientific computing), as well as specialized text processing, which can be intensive but is NOT gaming; I also do some scripting as well as programming for math/stat.
+  * much communication activity (web, email, video chat, ftp/ssh)
+  * some investigation of other distros (even --horrors-- non-Linux) using VMs under VirtualBox
+  * some photo, audio and video editing, but mainly of the snip-and-glue variety
+I like a fairly big screen. At one time J6 had two monitors, a 24" HDMI and a 20" VGA, but I've found just the 24" is fine. Smaller screens (as on my laptops) are not as helpful for writing and programming. I use headphones for audio -- no fancy speakers.
+J6 has the following setup: