AMD A8, A55 chipset - Ok with Mint 15?

fwor

My dad's 9 year old PC has finally got to the stage where it's got to be replaced.

He doesn't use it for much more than web browsing and email - the most graphically demanding things he does is occasionally use Photoshop and Google Earth.

I'm looking to get something like this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/504520-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1082

It seems a bit OTT spec-wise but it should be good enough to last him a few years.

Thing I'm not sure about is whether I'm likely to have trouble running Linux Mint on it.

Anyone here got Mint running Ok on a similar APU/chipset, or anticipate any problems?

debitcardmayhem

I would suggest it should work, but I have never used anything AMD , but some flavour of linux will fork with it try the forum will post the link in a mo......

this is a good place to start http://www.tecmint.com/linux-mint-15-installation-guide/

fwor

Thanks - it's just that I've been having trouble with Mint a bit recently.

Tried to update my MythTV server (also on AMD hardware) from Mint 12 to Mint 15 yesterday and just could not make it work... had to abandon Mint for Mythbuntu there.

But I guess you're right - even if I can't get Mint working, one of the other distros should work. Think I'll just go ahead and buy one - price seem Ok at £250 for base unit only?

debitcardmayhem

fwor wrote: »

Thanks - it's just that I've been having trouble with Mint a bit recently.

Tried to update my MythTV server (also on AMD hardware) from Mint 12 to Mint 15 yesterday and just could not make it work... had to abandon Mint for Mythbuntu there.

But I guess you're right - even if I can't get Mint working, one of the other distros should work. Think I'll just go ahead and buy one - price seem Ok at £250 for base unit only?

Mythbuntu=Mint=Ubuntu just different forks
At the end of the day whack it up with a live cd test it and then send it back on DSR if there are major probs