Thank you, Andreas and Valeri for your replies. Brian Bernard
On Apr 28, 2016 2:41 AM, "Andreas Benzler" <andr...@benzlerweb.de> wrote: > > Hello Brain, > > for such new software you go with Centos 7. The older version is more rocket stable, > but in case you use such new laptop the newer one is the better / best choice. > > You need to upgrade the kernel, there is no way out. Centos deliver „only“ > 2.6 or 3.10. > > http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt or http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml > can fix this. > > - Totem and multimedia isn’t work fully. Gstreamer is cut down. > > Yesterday I installed my laptop with new hardware and most of it fully work, > but it was hard to go. Why ? Take a look at my private repo http://centos.cms4all.org/centos/7/ > What it does? Update Kernel, Drivers, Mesa , GStreamer, Gutenprint (printers). I’m > liite bit of centos 7 and in this parts I’m on my own. > > Don’t flame me - Ubuntu LTS 16.04 is on the way and this should work for you. > > The new nvidia series 9 will come with kernel 4.5 as i know (open source part) > > Greatings > > Andy > > > Am 28.04.2016 um 05:47 schrieb Valeri Galtsev <galt...@kicp.uchicago.edu >: > > > > > > On Wed, April 27, 2016 10:07 pm, Brian Bernard wrote: > >> Oh, I wouldn't flame you. > >> > >> Hmm, I didn't think of using a virtual machine. The Lenovo has a NVidia > >> 960MX, so I wonder if it would fully work under a virtual machine. > > > > Probably not. Normally virtual machine does not have that level of > > possession of hardware. At least Sun-Oracle Virtual Box doesn't. Somebody > > may correct me if I'm wrong here. If I were to do it, I would choose as > > host system the system your software requiring OpenGL is available for. > > And add other systems you need in virtual machines. Laptops, though > > powerful these days, still not the best choice for virtual machines IMHO. > > > > Valeri > > > >> > >> The reason why I ask is that I do systems adminstration with > >> meteorological > >> software that requires OpenGL 2.0 and at least 2GB of video ram. > >> > >> Thank you for your reply, Mike. > >> > >> Brian Bernard > >> On Apr 27, 2016 10:43 PM, "Mike Mohr" <akih...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Don't flame me, but I really recommend using Ubuntu on laptops. If you > >>> really want CentOS, you should go with version 7. Many new laptops won't > >>> work well with that either though. > >>> > >>> CentOS 6 only works well these days on older hardware or on virtual > >>> machines. > >>> On Apr 27, 2016 7:27 PM, "Brian Bernard" <brian.brianbern...@gmail.com > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm looking at buying a Lenovo Y700 Notebook, and wondering if it would > >>> work with CentOS 6. Or if anyone has experience with using it under > >>> CentOS > >>> 6. I assume that the WiFi could be an issue as it uses an Intel 8260 > >>> card. > >>> I want to make the correct decision. > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> > >>> Brian Bernard > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> CentOS mailing list > >>> CentOS@centos.org > >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> CentOS mailing list > >>> CentOS@centos.org > >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS@centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Valeri Galtsev > > Sr System Administrator > > Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics > > Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics > > University of Chicago > > Phone: 773-702-4247 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org <mailto:CentOS@centos.org> > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos < https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
