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 1QkcGi-0003ai-0Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:29:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B13FE21C273; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:29:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iy0-f181.google.com (mail-iy0-f181.google.com [209.85.210.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74EB21C220 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:28:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyf40 with SMTP id 40so3455291iyf.40 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:28:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=58rn32A7zvCLpwgu/G28/kjDVE/jnIOFct6TvKseNWg=; b=t7GQU3EqqMcxveHvikZpsMMKrR8/tCQdmfFO2JMgjilStkTHFeI29VvHWmrl3Xjjxt tH+4AHBwTYwLS2RljPwuijJ4WrdPO3vVcA8a6zHMS5lCtJsy9NgaqftKY5yGfNG1rRb8 6MYPTZqHD2GoTEuSB2zHFDgqXwfa3ljiubrq8= Received: by 10.231.171.201 with SMTP id i9mr2404809ibz.89.1311427690339; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:28:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.11] (bas1-hamilton02-1176464554.dsl.bell.ca [70.31.108.170]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bf9sm156343icb.0.2011.07.23.06.28.09 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E2ACC80.3060908@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:28:32 -0400 From: CJoeB User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110602 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo, new computer, still a bit confused References: <4E2A297D.4070709@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 28305272c703d7e3271e72d33857862f On 07/22/11 23:07, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM, CJoeB wrote= : >> Hi everyone, >> >> >> Because this will be a new computer and I may essentially void the >> warranty if I alter the pre-configuration, I seriously thought about >> leaving the status quo and putting up with Windows 7. >> >> What would you recommend that I used for the iso an stage 3? As a >> reminder my computer is a Dell XPS 8300 with an Intel Core -i7-2600 >> processor. I'm a little confused between the choices x86 (which seems= >> to only apply to Pentium 4 systems and only utilizes 32-bit processing= ), >> amd64 and ia64. >> >> Regards, >> >> Colleen >> >> -- >> >> Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.l= i.org > Hi Colleen, > I'm not sure I understand the warranty issue so take this with a > grain of salt but most of the pre-configured Windows machines I've > received in the last couple of years had some disk space left over > outside of the Windows C drive. I'm sure you could install Gentoo on > one of those and not void anything, assuming you have one. 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. 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. > William's comment about running Gentoo in a VM is very valid. I've never installed a virtual machine so wouldn't even know how to go about it. > There really aren't any specific 64-bit things I'm aware of that > 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. So, if I choose the amd64 iso and Stage 3, it doesn't have to be on an AMD machine? > One note about the Sandy Bridge processor is reight now it does > require a specific CFLAG setting to get everything to build correctly > due to a gcc bug. 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. > As for any other distro, once you use Gentoo you won't be happy > elsewhere. ;-) Stick with Gentoo, most especially since you have all > the hardware power you need to build code at world class speed. I *have* tried other distros - first Redhat, then Fedora, then Kubuntu and you're right ... I wouldn't be happy with anything but Gentoo! I started my Linux journey in 2000, went to Gentoo in 2004 and have always been happy with it. The question is not really whether I will install Gentoo, but more about choosing the correct iso and Stage 3 because I don't want to get into a pickle that I can't handle. Regards, Colleen --=20 Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.o= rg