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Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop?

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Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes:

>>> Acer Tower 18L Desktop
>>> Intel Core i5-14400 - 1TB SSD - 16GB RAM
>>> SKU # TC-1785-ES12

> Slackware 15 was released just over 4 years ago (Slackware 15.0
> release notes. Wed Feb  2 18:39:59 CST 2022) so that doesn't seem
> quite right.
It might work. But 4-5 years is forever in computer science and an
operating system released in '22 is mostly going to support hardware from
pre-22 (because new support almost certainly wasn't added on release
day or even release month). Any issues present in the year 2022, 23, 24,
and so on have most likley been worked out by now. 

>> Newer machines want some type of framebuffer on boot.
>
> I don't' know enough to know how/why that's a problem. I've never had
> to think about framebuffers. I'm old enough (see .sig) to remember
> having to struggle with mode lines in .xinitrc but I've never had to
> think about framebuffers.  Linux and X just did what it's supposed to.
> At boot, won't a new system have a framebuffer available in hardware?
This is before X or any GUI starts.

>> We had a thread on LinuxQuestions about this topic a month or so
>> back...
Here's the threads I was thinking about:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-15-0-graphics-stack-and-kernel-configuration-4175763360/

Mostly that one, but this one also has some info:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/[installer]-improving-build-install-sh-for-more-better-native-gpu-driver-drm-support-besides-simpledrm-4175763703/


> New hardware with Windows installed will prevent me from forcing
> legacy MBR setup?  That's what I did when I installed Slack 14.2 32bit
> on my Acer 64bit laptop a decade ago.
If you want to dual boot with modern Windows it will be UEFI with secure
boot. I personally won't even try to do secure boot with Slackware, so
off secure boot goes for me. UEFI is what's in use now. 

> which is, AFAIK, the main potential pitfall in Window-installed
> systems.  Not entirely sure that switching from their Ubuntu to
> Slackware would be altogether straightforward though.
Correct, but the chances they'd include hardware that doesn't work with
Linux would be approaching zero since they are a Linux-focused company.

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