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Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online

From -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online
Date 2025-01-22 15:55 -0500
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On 1/22/25 2:56 PM, vallor wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2025 19:18:15 GMT, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote in
> <lvcujnFed7nU2@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> Set up the Mrs.' workstation yesterday.  We have both machines (Mac
>> Studio, and this one) set up on her desk in her office.
>> Installed Mint 22.1 and gave her cairo-dock with the "3d"
>> effect so she wouldn't feel out-of-place.  HOTAS supported without
>> incident.
>>
>> 14 cores w/ht for 28 threads, 32G of RAM.
> 
> Actually, it has 20 cores -- 8 "performance" and 12 "efficiency",
> as below.

Thanks for that clarification.  That one jumped out, and got me 
wondering if cores & threads had gotten conflated, or something.


-hh


>>
>> CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700F
>>
>> Been reading about this processor.  It has 8 "performance"
>> cores and 12 "efficiency" cores.  Interesting.
>>
>> The GPU reports it is a:
>> NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (AD104-A)
>>
>> Form factor: ITX.
>>
>> It was making a buzzing sound while running, so I opened the case -- and
>> found it full of styrofoam packing materials,
>> mostly to hold the GPU steady while shipping.  So once that was removed,
>> it is silent.  Surprised it ran at all with all the airflow blocked.
>> 🤷‍♂️️
>>
>> Note that the wifi drivers did _not_ work with stock Mint 21.3, you have
>> to use 22.1 to get the newer kernel that supports the chip.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D2M48B5Q
>>
>> # uname -a Linux buzz 6.8.0-51-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
>> Thu Dec  5 13:09:44 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> I have yet to build Linux on it yet, was going to try to keep it close
>> to "stock" ... but the 6.13 kernel has improvements to the wifi drivers,
>> so I'll have to think about that.
>>
>> NVIDIA driver version 550.142.
> 
> 
> 

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Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-22 19:18 +0000
  Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-22 19:56 +0000
    Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-22 15:55 -0500
  Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-22 17:42 -0600
    Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-01-23 01:33 +0000
      Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-23 07:17 -0600
        Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-23 18:13 +0000
          Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-23 14:37 -0600
            Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-24 00:52 +0000
          Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-23 15:48 -0500

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