On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 11:00:12PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > well, i have a new development laptop, one that i'm actually happy > will last several years and be up to the challenge of being absolutely > hammered without even coming close to going beyond its design spec. > > it's an 8 core 3.2ghz i7 which can be overclocked to 4ghz. RAM maxes > out at 32 GB of 2400mhz DDR4 RAM. it can take *two* PCIe NVMe SSDs, > which i've confirmed can run at 485 MEGABYTES per second write speed > and a whopping 2100 MB / sec read speed. who designs this stuff?? > it's so bonkers i'm having a hard time getting my head round the > specs... which continue with a hybrid graphics setup: the Intel > skylake HD 5500 normally controls the LCD, but there's a headless > co-processor (using "optimus" or "primus" - apt-get install > bumblebeed) in the form of a GTX 1060 with SIX gigabytes of DDR5 RAM. > > 3200 x 1800 14in LCD just tops off the list of insane specs. > > oh, and as long as you use the 4.7.8 linux kernel under debian, *all* > the hardware works. there's a few niggles but i can sort those out as > things progress and become more confident with it. > > full report's at http://lkcl.net/reports/aorus_x3_plus_v6.html > > the only real niggle about using this machine: god is it way too > recent hardware. 4.8.* kernels don't work fully, 3.16 kernels don't > work fully, i had to go with the 4.7.8 kernel and compile it up myself > from source. i also haven't had to actually use debian/sid in a long, > *long* time. have to keep an eye on that.... >
Debian testing should work, perhaps - kernel at 4.8.* Debian Jessie and backports might work - 4.7.* Sid is a step too far - but it's awesome that you have your laptop. AndyC > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to [email protected] _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
