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On Sep 29, 2011 9:51 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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 |
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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 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. You |
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seem to have noticed that too. If the mobo is a new design or new chipset, |
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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 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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> 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, then |
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newer stuff is fine. I say this because some very new hardware may not 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 a |
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year old. That is usually plenty of time to let the drivers stabilize. It |
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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 to my |
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older AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram, the new rig is super fast. My old rig was |
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named smoker because at the time it was built, it was smoking. My new rig |
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is named fireball. I guess lightening will be next. After that, someone |
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will just have to bury me. Not much is faster than lightening. lol |
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In particle physics, there are faster-than-light particles called Tachyons |
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:-) |
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Rgds, |
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