Re: [gentoo-user] Changing CPU and motherboard

[Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>]

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Am Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 07:39:03PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
> whiteman808 wrote:
> > How does situation look in binary-based distros like Debian, Arch? Is
> > rsyncing old Debian or Arch installation to PC with new processor or
> > motherboard and configuring hardware-specific stuff sufficient?
> >
> >
> 
> 
> I haven't used those in ages.  Unless something has changed, they are
> always ready for pretty much any hardware.  When you install those, they
> are set to a common setting for pretty much any CPU in that arch. 
> Basically and amd64 install should work with any amd64 CPU.  This is why
> some run Gentoo.  In some cases having settings specific to a CPU can
> result in code running faster. 

I just read about using a binary distro with a more modern baseline. One 
post said that a lot of software already has built-in support for that. So 
even if you use a well-hung distro like debian whose baseline is, say v2, 
then there is still userland software that detects the hardware and 
dynamically loads proper code paths, like blender, ffmpeg etc.

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