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On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 21:53 -0400, CJoeB wrote: |
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> Hi everyone, |
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> First, thanks for all the input regarding CFLAGS. |
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> Can I be honest here? My technical skills don't seem to be anywhere |
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> near on a par with most of the people on this list. I've been using |
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> Gentoo since 2004 and the reason I do, is for the control that I have |
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> over my system. |
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> Because this will be a new computer and I may essentially void the |
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> warranty if I alter the pre-configuration, I seriously thought about |
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> leaving the status quo and putting up with Windows 7. However, I would |
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> lose practically as much as losing my first born! I would have to put |
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> up with all the things that bug me about Windows and I wouldn't have all |
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> the programs that I love in Linux. |
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> If I am a "chicken shit" and still want Linux, I could install another |
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> distro, like Kubuntu, where you can be almost brain dead and still get a |
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> running Linux system, but then I would sacrifice the control that I know |
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> and love about Gentoo. I'm not willing to do that either .... at least |
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> not without a fight. |
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> I've always managed to get my Gentoo system running and maintained, but |
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> I've always used an x86 iso and stage 3. I've googled and didn't really |
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> find a definitive answer to my question so, I am bowing to the experts |
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> on this list and asking you guys to bear with me and help me out. |
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> What would you recommend that I used for the iso an stage 3? As a |
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> reminder my computer is a Dell XPS 8300 with an Intel Core -i7-2600 |
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> processor. I'm a little confused between the choices x86 (which seems |
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> to only apply to Pentium 4 systems and only utilizes 32-bit processing), |
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> amd64 and ia64. |
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> Thanks in advance for your help. |
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> Regards, |
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> Colleen |
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An option that might sidestep any warranty issues could be to install |
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linux into virtualbox/vmware etc and run it on a barebones win7 - with |
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the power of an i7 and it running full screen, you would not even |
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notice its not on the bare metal! |
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BillK |
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