Re: Linux on all new iron
- From: General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 12 Aug 2007 22:39:17 GMT
On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:49:52 -0700, Rex Karz wrote:
The last time I bought a new computer was 1997. It's on my desktop
today. I've upgraded and/or fixed it a few times since then: more memory
(now 512MB); replaced hard drives with bigger (now 2x 80GB); added
DVD/CD R/W drive. In the end, it is still a P3/500. There are limits on
what I can add or swap out to upgrade it further. I've been running dual
boot Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) and Win2K SP4; I've tried VMWare server on the
Linux side with Win2K as a guest, but with only 512MB RAM it pages a
lot. It's too slow to use comfortably. The machine is used for Web
development and testing (LAMP), for cross platform application
development in C++, and as my personal workstation: web surfing and the
like.
I need (want) a new machine. --- Full time Linux with a virtual machine
to run Win2K for the one Windows only application I still use and for
cross-platform application testing (IE for web apps and wxWidgets C++
apps). So, I go to my favorite white box store's web site and start
picking parts. Here's what I've come up with.
Will the collective wisdom of the group comment on this proposed
machine. Please.
Antec P182 case.
-- Quiet. Yes?
Antec power supply TPQ-850
-- Adaquate? Overkill? Quiet?
Asus motherboard P5N32-E SLI Extreme
-- Any troubles with Linux on this mobo? -- Other 680i mobos better?
Intel CPU Core 2 Quad E6600
-- Comments?
-- Is there a Quad 6850? Is it worth it?
CPU cooler
-- Who's quiet CPU cooler is recommended? -- Are there cooling issues
I've overlooked?
4GB PC-6400 (2-pieces)
-- Memory hole on 32bit Linux. Comments? -- Does 64bit Linux solve the
memory hole problem? How? -- Is 64bit Linux (Ubuntu) stable enough for
"production" desktop use?
Asus Video card: GeForce 8600GT Silent 256MB PCI-E (EN8600GT2DHT256) --
Is it cool enough as is?
-- Asus says it supports up to 3840x1900. Can I use 2 1920x1200 monitors
with this to get the effect of a single screen 3840x1200? Do I want to?
Alternative configurations? -- How?
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB SATA2 7200.10 hard drive -- Some say that a
10,000 rpm boot drive is good, in addition to a separate drive for
/home. Others say it does not make any(enough) difference to warrant the
cost. What's the truth?
Lite on LH-20A1L LightScribe 20X SATA DVD+/-RW drive -- Do SATA optical
drives work with Linux? Will this one?
Vantec UGT-CR900 All In 1 USB 2.0 SD Card Reader -- Linux will recognize
and use it. Right?
D-Link DBT-120 Bluetooth USB2.0 Adapter -- Linux will recognize this and
use it. Right?
2x Samsung 245BW 24-inch (1920x1200) LCD monitors -- Any personal
experience with this monitor? 2 of them?
Linux doesn't have a memory hole problem, that was fixed back in 2.6.13.
You'll need 2.6.19 or better for your new system so you'll see all of
your memory. I'd suggest that you use a 64 bit Linux and then use VMware
for everything else. I'm using 64 bit Fedora 7 on my Core2 system (8G of
DDR2). I have VMs for CentOS 5, CentOS4.5, Win2K and WinXP. VMware server
has a limit of 3.6G for each VM and you'll have to patch it to get it to
run on a usable kernel (VMware supports 2.6.18 which doesn't work on 965
motherboards, it might work on the Nforce board you are looking at I
don't know). I'm using a Fedora 2.6.22 kernel with the 113 patch,
http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz
.
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