Subj : Re: Coming back to Linux
To   : hyjinx
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 08:53:56

-=> hyjinx wrote to All <=-

 hy> This lack of time was one of the reasons I moved off Linux. I felt that
 hy> part of the fun of Linux was the tinkering, but it was also a huge time
 hy> sink.

 That's part of my desire to go back to Debian - stable apps and a
 simple UI with just enough eye candy.

 hy> So... if I was to do such a thing, can you recommend how I would go
 hy> about it? What hardware would you recommend? I am so out of date with
 hy> modern hardware, all the Ryzen's and i9's and so forth really mean very
 hy> little to me. I would have no idea where to start to buy a motherboard,
 hy> CPU and gfx card that worked well with Linux. It would obviously need
 hy> to have sound, USB C, WiFi 6, NVMe storage capability and a graphics
 hy> card that had enough heft to render graphics reasonably quickly. The
 hy> NVIDIA appeal naturally is CUDA, being able to play with graphics
 hy> models sounds cool, but as long as I can do similar stuff with AMD/ATI,
 hy> I'm not fussed.

I'd love to hear, too.

 
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