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

-=> 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 I am so out of date with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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