Re: [gentoo-user] Motherboard support?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Spidey / Claudio wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 00:34, Pandu Poluan<pandu@poluan.info>  wrote:
>> On Sep 29, 2011 9:51 AM, "Dale"<rdalek1967@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.

Dale

:-)  :-)