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On 09/29/2011 08:18 AM, Dale 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 |
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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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I know that it is actually in the kernel, but some companies like Nvidia |
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package propreitary drivers only for Ubuntu/Debian, so it at times makes |
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sense to check it out in detail. I have had lot of fights over this |
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point on twitter with friends, in fact it resulted in myself getting |
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blocked (and unblocked later hehe). |
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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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Quad Core 3.2 Ghz with 16 GB of RAM that's big piece man. Well as I said |
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earlier, I'm thinking of that 1075T thing and may be 4-8 GB of RAM |
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(depends on cost, because I've to get myself a 22 or 24 inch LCD as |
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well), but since bulldozers are going to be launched on 12th October, |
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I'll prefer to wait, they have tons of new virtualization-related |
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features. Will save me from installing windows directly onto the machine |
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to play games (I usually don't, but after getting such a powerful |
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machine, may be) and troubling it for no reason with that piece of bullshit. |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |