12.27.06

Computer upgrade; Linux distro upgrade?

Posted in Computer Techmology at 08:57 UTC by Richard

So I’m closing in on my target date of an upgrade to my gaming box, sometime in January, which of course means an upgrade to my linux box. Generally what I’ve done in the past several years is I upgrade my gaming box and move the discarded parts to my linux box. Seeing that I don’t game in Linux at all, newest of the new hardware is never needed. As far as hardware, I know mostly what I’m going to get, check it out:

  • Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150
  • PNY VCG88GTSXPB GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16
  • FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX400-PN
  • CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
  • GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz
  • Scythe SCNJ-1100P 120mm CPU Cooling Fan

The Raptor will be going directly to the linux box since I do more disk intensive stuff there, the rest to the gaming box. My big problem is that this is an expensive upgrade. That video card is kinda pricey… so, anyone need a 7800GTX? Also, since I’ll be moving my Athlon 64 X2 3800+ to linux, I can finally mess around with a 64-bit distro. Being a Slackware guy, I immediately think of Slamd64. Unfortunately, my favorite add on, Dropline Gnome does not have a 64-bit version and Slackware has no gnome applications. UGH! I have about a month to figure out what to do, but there are some unofficial DLG64 packages (as it is becoming to be known) out there and I can probably work out the rest of the details, possibly having to compile some of the apps myself if I have to.

Oh right, sorry about four months of no updates, my bad.