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Martin Wesley wrote:

|Justin,
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|That sounds great and I look forward to your info. You appear to be an
|experienced Linux user. For those of us who have never given Linux a try,
|can you point us towards some resources for learning how to do the install
|and set-up or is it self evident when you buy the software? I take it Red
|Hat is your flavor of choice.
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|Also can you give us your opinion as to what is needed in terms of hardware
|for a Linux/QTR2 server. CPU speed, RAM and disk space requirements?
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|Thanks,
|Martin


A Linux system is not trivial to build or maintain.  I would not 
recommend it to the un-initiated.  The good news is that there is TONS 
of documentation out there on the net.  Sure, Linux is complicated, but 
there is a huge community of people using  and documenting it.   As far 
as flavor of Linux distribution, this is a religious issue.  I've used 
many, but I had RedHat 9 discs at work, so I just grabbed them.  :)  
Mandrake is quite good for beginners also.

Most installation procedures are pretty straightforward nowadays, but 
you must be ready to tinker under the hood afterwards.  It helps to be 
comfortable using awkward command line interfaces and arcane text 
editors.  If you're not scared of big ugly config files and compiling 
your own software then you shouldn't have a problem maintaining a Linux box.

$500 will get you more than enough computer to start.  I haven't gotten 
QTR2 running yet, so I can't really asses how resource intensive it is.  
I can't imagine it'd be all that strenuous for a modern PC.  To give you 
an idea, I'm running RH9 on a P2 500mhz w/256MB ram, and a smallish 
harddrive.(10-20 gigs?).  I don't expect any problems.  I also tax this 
machine in other ways (web server and other stuff).

Can QTR2 be used with the Ultrachrome inks that come with the 2200?

Nick Pope, can you comment on the MIS carts for the 2200?  I wasn't 
aware replacement carts were out yet.  I'm assuming these are refill 
carts?  I'll be initially using epson ultrachrome carts, but would like 
to be using MIS UT inks asap.

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