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On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Spidey / Claudio wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 00:34, Pandu Poluan<pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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>>> |
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>>> On Sep 29, 2011 9:51 AM, "Dale"<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> As a general rule, hardware support is in the kernel. It shouldn't |
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>>>> matter |
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>>>> much whether it is Gentoo, Redhat, Debian or any other distro. It just |
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>>>> matters that the kernel supports the hardware. I would imagine that |
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>>>> anything listed there as working is supported by Linux with a up to date |
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>>>> kernel. It all comes down to the kernel. By the way, the kernel tested |
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>>>> against is listed in the top right hand corner if I recall correctly. |
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>>>> You |
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>>>> seem to have noticed that too. If the mobo is a new design or new |
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>>>> chipset, |
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>>>> try to get at least that version of kernel. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> If it shows things are working for the mobo you are checking on, it |
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>>>> should |
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>>>> work fine. I think the 880 chipset has been out a while so it should be |
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>>>> really stable by now. I seem to recall it was out when I bought my new |
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>>>> setup but was still getting worked on for drivers. |
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>>>> |
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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 |
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>>>> newer stuff is fine. I say this because some very new hardware may not |
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>>>> have |
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>>>> all the kinks worked out. Unless you really really need the latest and |
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>>>> greatest, pick a slightly older setup. When I picked mine, it was about |
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>>>> a |
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>>>> year old. That is usually plenty of time to let the drivers stabilize. |
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>>>> It |
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>>>> can also save you some money too. |
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>>>> |
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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 |
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>>>> older AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram, the new rig is super fast. My old rig |
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>>>> was |
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>>>> named smoker because at the time it was built, it was smoking. My new |
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>>>> rig |
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>>>> is named fireball. I guess lightening will be next. After that, |
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>>>> someone |
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>>>> will just have to bury me. Not much is faster than lightening. lol |
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>>> |
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>>> In particle physics, there are faster-than-light particles called |
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>>> Tachyons |
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>>> :-) |
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>>> |
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>>> Rgds, |
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>>> |
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>> Better spend lots of time and planning on what machine will receive |
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>> that name: not many more things can be expected to be faster than |
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>> Tachyons. |
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>> |
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>> |
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> |
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> Dale makes note of the thing faster than light. Maybe I will get to live |
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> longer now. lol I get about 7 to 8 years out of a build. So, I just went |
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> from say 16 more years to say 24 or so. At my age with my health, I need |
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> all the help I can get. |
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You might get some mileage out of: |
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lightning -> neutron -> photon -> neutrino -> tachyon |
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HTH |
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