-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I guess it all depends on what you are expecting. I have an old box I use for ripping, I have don't really care how fast it is as I don't do a ton of ripping every day, just when I purchase a new CD. So, my old computer rips and encodes a CD in about 15 minutes. The old computer is a P3 with a standard 20x CD. I also have a power house workstation with a 48x CD and a quad-core in it. It takes about 3-5 minutes to rip a CD. So I guess it all depends on what your expectation is and how much ripping you will be doing on a daily basis. Thanks. On 05/16/2010 03:49 PM, Ubu Sumner wrote: > Hi Marc, > > I'm looking for a computer to run Linux so I needn't dual boot my > laptop. I'm just a boarderline/new/sometime user of Linux struggling to > learn Ubuntu. > > I've found my laptop overheats in Linux when I rip CDs (but not in > Windows) and I don't want to harm it. So I've been thinking about > getting a used box. I think CD ripping might be a good way to ease into > Linux. > > Do you think the P3 would have enough speed to rip CDs in Linux? I find > my mobile 1.6GHz pentium servicable but slow. What do you think? > > Thanks for listing your boxes, > > Bruce > Roseville > > > > > ------- > > > Twenty-Fifth Morning > > By curbing his tongue, a man gains > possession of his mind. > > The fool babbles, gossips, argues, > and bandies words. He glories in the fact > that he has had the last word, and has > silenced his opponent. He exults in his > own folly, is ever on the defensive, and > wastes his energies in unprofitable channels. > He is like a gardener who continues to dig > and plant in unproductive soil. > > The wise man avoids idle words, gossips, > vain argument, and self-defense. He is > content to appear defeated; rejoices when > he is defeated; knowing that, having found > and removed another error in himself, he > has thereby become wiser. > > Blessed is he who does not strive for > the last word. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvxbYkACgkQvE9HrEfeE4cwgwCghHZtnbwzyR0tDhHqVYSrM88b Jr4AoNH/r9OQ57dOsro1GJEtYoR299iz =l9pH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----