On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Spidey / Claudio wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 00:34, Pandu Poluan<pa...@poluan.info> wrote: >>> >>> On Sep 29, 2011 9:51 AM, "Dale"<rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> As a general rule, hardware support is in the kernel. It shouldn't >>>> matter >>>> much whether it is Gentoo, Redhat, Debian or any other distro. It just >>>> matters that the kernel supports the hardware. I would imagine that >>>> anything listed there as working is supported by Linux with a up to date >>>> kernel. It all comes down to the kernel. By the way, the kernel tested >>>> against is listed in the top right hand corner if I recall correctly. >>>> You >>>> seem to have noticed that too. If the mobo is a new design or new >>>> chipset, >>>> try to get at least that version of kernel. >>>> >>>> If it shows things are working for the mobo you are checking on, it >>>> should >>>> work fine. I think the 880 chipset has been out a while so it should be >>>> really stable by now. I seem to recall it was out when I bought my new >>>> setup but was still getting worked on for drivers. >>>> >>>> By the way, it is always somewhat wise to buy things that have been out >>>> for a while. If you are building a spare or something to play with, >>>> then >>>> newer stuff is fine. I say this because some very new hardware may not >>>> have >>>> all the kinks worked out. Unless you really really need the latest and >>>> greatest, pick a slightly older setup. When I picked mine, it was about >>>> a >>>> year old. That is usually plenty of time to let the drivers stabilize. >>>> It >>>> can also save you some money too. >>>> >>>> Now to be nosy, how many cores and how much ram you planning to put in >>>> this new rig? I have a 4 core 3.2Ghz CPU with 16Gbs of ram. Compared >>>> to my >>>> older AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram, the new rig is super fast. My old rig >>>> was >>>> named smoker because at the time it was built, it was smoking. My new >>>> rig >>>> is named fireball. I guess lightening will be next. After that, >>>> someone >>>> will just have to bury me. Not much is faster than lightening. lol >>> >>> In particle physics, there are faster-than-light particles called >>> Tachyons >>> :-) >>> >>> Rgds, >>> >> Better spend lots of time and planning on what machine will receive >> that name: not many more things can be expected to be faster than >> Tachyons. >> >> > > Dale makes note of the thing faster than light. Maybe I will get to live > longer now. lol I get about 7 to 8 years out of a build. So, I just went > from say 16 more years to say 24 or so. At my age with my health, I need > all the help I can get.
You might get some mileage out of: lightning -> neutron -> photon -> neutrino -> tachyon HTH -- :wq
