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Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: |
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> On Thu 29 Sep 2011 06:42:42 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: |
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>> That's debian HCL, what about Gentoo? We compile the kernel ourselves man. |
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>> It would be better if we don't use debian/Ubuntu HCL to decide HW for |
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>> other distros, they're most popular ones and have lot of support from |
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>> hardware manufacturers, hence good support for hardware using |
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>> propreitary drivers which is seldom present in other distros. |
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> I just checked that HCL: |
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> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Giga-byte/GA-880GM-USB3 |
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> It seems things are supported since linux-2.6.25, we're now using 3.0.4 |
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> and above. Should be OK right? |
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As a general rule, hardware support is in the kernel. It shouldn't |
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matter much whether it is Gentoo, Redhat, Debian or any other distro. |
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It just matters that the kernel supports the hardware. I would imagine |
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that anything listed there as working is supported by Linux with a up to |
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date kernel. It all comes down to the kernel. By the way, the kernel |
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tested against is listed in the top right hand corner if I recall |
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correctly. You seem to have noticed that too. If the mobo is a new |
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design or new chipset, try to get at least that version of kernel. |
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If it shows things are working for the mobo you are checking on, it |
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should work fine. I think the 880 chipset has been out a while so it |
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should be really stable by now. I seem to recall it was out when I |
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bought my new setup but was still getting worked on for drivers. |
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By the way, it is always somewhat wise to buy things that have been out |
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for a while. If you are building a spare or something to play with, |
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then newer stuff is fine. I say this because some very new hardware may |
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not have all the kinks worked out. Unless you really really need the |
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latest and greatest, pick a slightly older setup. When I picked mine, |
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it was about a year old. That is usually plenty of time to let the |
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drivers stabilize. It can also save you some money too. |
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Now to be nosy, how many cores and how much ram you planning to put in |
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this new rig? I have a 4 core 3.2Ghz CPU with 16Gbs of ram. Compared |
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to my older AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram, the new rig is super fast. My |
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old rig was named smoker because at the time it was built, it was |
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smoking. My new rig is named fireball. I guess lightening will be |
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next. After that, someone will just have to bury me. Not much is |
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faster than lightening. lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. If you get your things selected and want someone to double check, |
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I'd be glad too. I posted mine on here to make sure I hadn't missed |
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anything. The mobo, CPU and ram are the most essential things that have |
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to be right. You have some wobble room on the rest. Also, Gigabyte has |
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a list of supported ram and CPUs on their website. That comes in handy. |
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