About carioca
- Biography:
- ex-hobo, ex-journo, ex-German
- Location:
- Clod 9
- Interests:
- building, tree-planting, computers, photography
- Occupation:
- retired
- Country Flag:
- Australia
- State/Region Flag:
- au new south wales
"The meek shall inherit the mess" (my ecological credo from the 1980s)
Total Posts
- Total Posts
- 38
- Posts Per Day
- 0.01
General Information
- Last Activity
- 27 Jul 2010
- Join Date
- 10 Jun 2009
System Spec
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number:
- 2 x home-brew
- OS:
- Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Win7 N 32-bit, WHS
- CPU:
- AMD 64 X2 3600+, AMD Phenom II X3 720BE
- Motherboard:
- Gigabyte MA770-UD3, Gigabyte MA790GP-4UDH4, GA-890GPA-UDH3
- Memory:
- 4GB DDR2 OCZ dual-channel, 6GB DDR2 Corsair
- Graphics Card(s):
- Gigabyte HD 4850 on the dual-booter, built-in on others
- Sound Card:
- 2 x onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays:
- LG Flatron W2353V
- Screen Resolution:
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives:
- Seagates, Samsung, WD
- PSU:
- Corsair HX 620, Corsair 450, Kamariki et al.
- Case:
- Lian Li PC-7F, Antec Sonata, Macase
- Keyboard:
- Logitech diNovo Edge
- Mouse:
- Logitech MX Revolution
- Internet Speed:
- 1500kb/s
- Other Info:
- There's a few other PCs in my 'office', all older machines, running Ubuntu 9.10, Vista Ultimate and one surviving Windows ME machine (due to some old programs that I haven't moved...). I believe another 'veteran' still runs OpenSuse...