Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: pothead Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: A New Machine Is Close To Birth Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:39:02 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Democrats Are Losers LLC Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:39:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="eeba9dc7088d73ad32c26533bd120a13"; logging-data="3278106"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/RXySFnsFoCBosWPEspDcR" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bpiqsOzzlgYXOGqu/2n5G1FQXh0= Bytes: 2811 On 2024-12-18, Farley Flud wrote: > My Xeon W-1270P processor and Gigabyte W480 Vision W motherboard > arrived from Hong Kong on 12/16. > > 32 Gigabytes of ECC memory arrived last week. > > I ordered a CPU cooler today. > > Soon I will purchase a power supply, HDD, and sound card. I can reuse > my video card and monitor (but I may consider new ones as well). > > However, the big part of the job will be building the software > system, including the kernel. This will be done via cross compilation > and will be mostly automated. But I need to acquire the compile > parameters that are specific to this processor, especially the cache. > > I can use a Gentoo live USB to get these parameters and then do > the cross compilation from my old system. > > Yes, it's a lot of fucking work but the end result is a system > that is far better that any distro could provide. > > Working off and on and here and there I expect to be finished by > the end of February 2025 (this is when a new kernel and glibc will > be released). > > Then I will have Xeon W with 8/16 cores powered by GNU/Linux. > > There can be no better system. > > Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! After reading a few of your nebulous, confusing, word salad posts I would suggest you engage someone who actually has the skill to build this system of yours because I am 100% confident that you will fuck it up and that just might be a very expensive lesson. -- pothead All about snit read below. Links courtesy of Ron: Example of Snit trolling in real time: All about the snit troll: