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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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>> 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 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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> 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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Dale makes note of the thing faster than light. Maybe I will get to |
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live longer now. lol I get about 7 to 8 years out of a build. So, I |
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just went from say 16 more years to say 24 or so. At my age with my |
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health, I need all the help I can get. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |