Samuel Sieb writes:
On 10/9/19 7:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:My C++ compiles are getting longer. It's time to get new hardware, but I'm having some difficulty finding Fedora-friendly hardware, that's slightly above average grade, such as dual CPU and spinning rust (I haven't gotten quite aboard the SSD train, with its built-in expiration date).Why are you finding it difficult? There is very little that isn't compatible. Just be aware that if you go with NVidia for graphics, you might need to use the proprietary driver. Are you looking for a desktop or laptop? I've been putting SSDs in pretty much everything now; laptops, desktop, and servers. The laptops just have an SSD. The desktops use the
Actually I did manage to get a laptop, from linuxlaptops, with a spinning HD this year. They do still exist.
SSD for the OS and NFS for home directories. The servers use the SSD for the OS and spinning drives for data storage.
I just can't get used to the concept on an expiration date on my storage. I've got rust here that's been spinning for a decade, and I've been banging away it, constantly. Hard. I'm told that even under constant use modern SSDs are rated for at least several decades before they croak. I still have a hard time (pun not intended) accepting that.
And Nvidia's proprietary driver is another thing I'd rather not deal with. it seems that most vendors ship new Nvidia chipsets that x.org lists as not supported. Surprisingly, Dell sells hardware with Radeon cards, but none of the Radeon cards they list have a matching name in x.org's Radeon compatibility chart.
I'm looking at dual-CPU tower; like I said I need all the cores to compile my stuff. I figure about a $3K price range; and in that range I think I need to do some due diligence, to make sure Fedora will come up on it.
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