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 1R986Q-00083M-EK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:20:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B84521C12B; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:19:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731DFE0893 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:18:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyd10 with SMTP id 10so242178gyd.40 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:18:55 -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:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=L4hh7lgJzuOwY55v5wiaMMrX/omnYjoo+bbpzEHpDhM=; b=P/Cspzuo/oq/icDTtDoyQqee/TfPVh9NYlxzgUKSQM4K2aZBCiqAclmDHbIGQlWyAR Grnw+o+85p1BHHsXNFSEV9c5U9N0g5Gtrwuj1TDU+XwI4NJ6m6Vy9/gYOmOL7jxHWJvq x+ix4KXL5bOiDy0w57FkUz+dHBVf3CvoyH1RU= Received: by 10.236.145.103 with SMTP id o67mr11532382yhj.126.1317269934855; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:18:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-128-200.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.128.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x65sm608684yhg.18.2011.09.28.21.18.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E83F1AB.5030105@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:18:51 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110927 Firefox/7.0 SeaMonkey/2.4 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] Motherboard support? References: <4E835F61.30207@nileshgr.com> <4E83AADA.8040905@gmail.com> <4E83C60A.8000905@nileshgr.com> <4E83C9F4.9050501@nileshgr.com> <4E83DC99.8020903@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f5607551ed82b9ed2f57f18ec380f603 Spidey / Claudio wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 00:34, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> On Sep 29, 2011 9:51 AM, "Dale" 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 :-) :-)