From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qkdrp-00013q-OQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:11:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 04D9B21C310; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:11:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04F8E21C2F3 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:10:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh22 with SMTP id 22so2756030wyh.40 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:10:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=i5Fm3GDsgLVxLINAviG4kWWc+Om57zH2nhatNQlSwKQ=; b=egUXD3NtT98Dn/8tp8YsZHlwLhVfhwQNx8Ggd0Zd0VcPv/WU3CZAV3UJLwfIAGKvNq B/h/0K0VlDKMBrfC1KYrwuecsbbhopPugMonFhuw1RhsZyU/Jt/NAj+jGVUSA3IzCvJS a8vdFvyBCWA8YHn0BB9CbvnLI4YxfHsX636ug= Received: by 10.227.37.97 with SMTP id w33mr2288558wbd.106.1311433837219; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n18sm2783560wbh.6.2011.07.23.08.10.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:10:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo, new computer, still a bit confused Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:11:20 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.38-gentoo-r6; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <4E2A297D.4070709@gmail.com> <4E2ACC80.3060908@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E2ACC80.3060908@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2905137.bq2MO7btgk"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201107231611.22183.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 752857025a4b737671007db79d61d4d9 --nextPart2905137.bq2MO7btgk Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:28:32 CJoeB wrote: > The thing is, I don't want Windows on the computer at all. My laptop is > 4 years old and it was booted into Windows once and that was only > because I didn't hit the F2 key fast enough to get into the bios to > change the boot order. Then, Windows got removed completely. >=20 > The computer I am getting is a desktop for home use and everything I > need is in Linux. I don't want to have to put up with all the "pain in > the ass" stuff Windows puts you through. I have to put up with Windows > all day at work and it's like a breath of fresh air when I can come home > to my Linux system. In that case you can create a back up of all the OEM partitions as I sugges= ted=20 and then wipe the drive clean and install gentoo. If things break you'll have to replace components yourself - to be honest=20 unless a CPU/MoBo goes bad on you it is relatively cheap to by a drive or P= SU=20 these days. In other words, consider yourself self-insured and definitely don't waste a= ny=20 money on extended warranties. > > William's comment about running Gentoo in a VM is very valid. >=20 > I've never installed a virtual machine so wouldn't even know how to go > about it. There's loads of howtos in Google for this. It is not difficult at all (mo= st=20 of the times) but there is no reason to boot into MSWindows only to run=20 Gentoo! =20 > > There really aren't any specific 64-bit things I'm aware of that > >=20 > > you need to choose. It's all pretty generic these days, at least with > > the Intel processors. I've not used an AMD processor in a while. Boot > > from pretty much any Linux Live CD and then do the stage 3 install and > > you should be fine. ia64 isn't TTBOMK knowledge something you need to > > pay attention to. All my Intel i5 & i7 machines are amd64 stable with > > a few ~amd64 packages. >=20 > So, if I choose the amd64 iso and Stage 3, it doesn't have to be on an > AMD machine? Correct, you will use this iso (or systemrescueCD or Knoppix) and a Staqe 3= =20 equivalent to build a system on an Intel 64bit CPU. > > One note about the Sandy Bridge processor is reight now it does > >=20 > > require a specific CFLAG setting to get everything to build correctly > > due to a gcc bug. >=20 > So how do I know if it's a Sandy Bridge processor? Nothing in the specs > that I read says it's anything more than and Intel i-7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge#Desktop_processors HTH. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2905137.bq2MO7btgk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk4q5JoACgkQVTDTR3kpaLb17QCfTu1jR/OetKLugWKr1rktjOmC QT0AoKLrse6Sw19Bz8iBKMSQtqGIyj9P =2+S6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2905137.bq2MO7btgk--