Thank you, Andreas and Valeri for your replies.
Brian Bernard
On Apr 28, 2016 2:41 AM, "Andreas Benzler" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Brain,
>
> for such new software you go with Centos 7. The older version is more
rocket stable,
> but in case you use such new laptop the newer one is the better / best
choice.
>
> You need to upgrade the kernel, there is no way out. Centos deliver
„only“
> 2.6 or 3.10.
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt or http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml
> can fix this.
>
> - Totem and multimedia isn’t work fully. Gstreamer is cut down.
>
> Yesterday I installed my laptop with new hardware and most of it fully
work,
> but it was hard to go. Why ? Take a look at my private repo
http://centos.cms4all.org/centos/7/
> What it does? Update Kernel, Drivers, Mesa , GStreamer, Gutenprint
(printers). I’m
> liite bit of centos 7 and in this parts I’m on my own.
>
> Don’t flame me - Ubuntu LTS 16.04 is on the way and this should work for
you.
>
> The new nvidia series 9 will come with kernel 4.5 as i know (open source
part)
>
> Greatings
>
> Andy
>
> > Am 28.04.2016 um 05:47 schrieb Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, April 27, 2016 10:07 pm, Brian Bernard wrote:
> >> Oh, I wouldn't flame you.
> >>
> >> Hmm, I didn't think of using a virtual machine. The Lenovo has a NVidia
> >> 960MX, so I wonder if it would fully work under a virtual machine.
> >
> > Probably not. Normally virtual machine does not have that level of
> > possession of hardware. At least Sun-Oracle Virtual Box doesn't.
Somebody
> > may correct me if I'm wrong here. If I were to do it, I would choose as
> > host system the system your software requiring OpenGL is available for.
> > And add other systems you need in virtual machines. Laptops, though
> > powerful these days, still not the best choice for virtual machines
IMHO.
> >
> > Valeri
> >
> >>
> >> The reason why I ask is that I do systems adminstration with
> >> meteorological
> >> software that requires OpenGL 2.0 and at least 2GB of video ram.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your reply, Mike.
> >>
> >> Brian Bernard
> >> On Apr 27, 2016 10:43 PM, "Mike Mohr" <akihana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Don't flame me, but I really recommend using Ubuntu on laptops. If you
> >>> really want CentOS, you should go with version 7. Many new laptops
won't
> >>> work well with that either though.
> >>>
> >>> CentOS 6 only works well these days on older hardware or on virtual
> >>> machines.
> >>> On Apr 27, 2016 7:27 PM, "Brian Bernard" <brian.brianbernard@xxxxxxxxx
>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking at buying a Lenovo Y700 Notebook, and wondering if it
would
> >>> work with CentOS 6. Or if anyone has experience with using it under
> >>> CentOS
> >>> 6. I assume that the WiFi could be an issue as it uses an Intel 8260
> >>> card.
> >>> I want to make the correct decision.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>>
> >>> Brian Bernard
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