From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C31ED138010 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:53:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70628E0845; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:52:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 127C4E080D for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35F52EA1C0 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:52:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2lb6XHI1hd5q for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:52:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ca.inter.net (unknown [216.99.53.158]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3DCDA2EA1E7 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:52:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:52:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:52:56 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Current Dells and UEFI/secureboot (or other showstoppers)? Message-ID: <20130330115256.GA899@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20130330042007.GA5613@waltdnes.org> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130330042007.GA5613@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 86e8ed16-2d77-4603-bce8-8c7480d42d3f X-Archives-Hash: 4e89ceca949ac37f1369eb4fead00317 130330 Walter Dnes wrote: > I have 2 Dell desktops ("production" and "hot backup") > that are pushing 5 or 6 years of age, and I need to replace at least one. > They simply can't keep up with HD video streams... > * I'm running Gentoo with full optimizations > * I'm running ICEWM with no "desktop environment"; see my sig > So I don't think there are any more optimizations to be had, > other than a new PC. Assuming there are no showstoppers, > I'll be buying another Dell. They seem to last for me. Why don't you build a custom machine ? I've built 4 since 2000 : it's cheaper & you get exactly what you want. IIRC you live in the Toronto area : I bought all my parts at Canada Computers on College St, which has an excellent website. There's lots of advice via this list once you decide to try. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca