Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 20:29 -0800, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > Even differing revisions of the same hardware can cause problems. That is true and something very annoying :(. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact list

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 20:29 -0800, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > I've sent back an I started to do the same for anything I order (if needed), not only for computer gear. Brands are unimportant. I prefer ASUS, but anyway have also bad experiences with ASUS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread briand
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:13:54 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > > I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has > > worked just fine with Windows or Linux. So I'm not exactly sure what > > you were going for here, Ralf

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Roger Leigh
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:12:54PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > Co-incidentally, I'm just > doing a whole-archive rebuild of Debian with 8 concurrent job slots; > taking about 24h to rebuild every arch-any package with sbuild. That's > 7527 builds, working out at just 90 seconds (mean) per package!

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 05:31:56PM -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I am planning on upgrading my Debian Linux tower and am soliciting comments > on the following CPU/Motherboard: > > > > AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU > > ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard Last year I u

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Scott roccVegas
I seem to have an issue as well and my cdn error Scottrocc roccVegas ent.Inc > On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:15 PM, "Lisi Reisz" wrote: > >> On Thursday 13 February 2014 19:33:26 Stephen P. Molnar wrote: >> Hay, come on... I thought that I had asked a legitimate >> question, I didn't want to star

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 20:13 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 13 February 2014 19:33:26 Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > Hay, come on... I thought that I had asked a legitimate > > question, I didn't want to start a war. > > You didn't start a war. As you say, you asked a reasonable, > legi

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 13 February 2014 19:33:26 Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Hay, come on... I thought that I had asked a legitimate > question, I didn't want to start a war. You didn't start a war. As you say, you asked a reasonable, legitimate, though possibly slightly OT, question. The "war" was st

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 14:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > Life is a fuzzy set > Stochastic and multivariate ;) It's not a flame, just an idiot claims bullshit. No big company like ASUS ever cares about quality, they care about marketing. If needed, they build high quality mobos, if unneeded,

RE: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
riate www.FoundationForChemistry.com (614)312-7528 (c) Skype: smolnar1 -Original Message- From: Ralf Mardorf [mailto:ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:05 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Upgrading Computer On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 09:38 -0800,

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 11:03 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > You'll probably reply to "get the last word in," so go ahead and knock > yourself out. "use in advance" not very smart regarding to fair play or even smart manipulating rhetoric. You are god :D! Loser :D! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread David Guntner
Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > May I ask you how often you repair mobos or any other > electronically gear? [...] You are trolling because you seemingly > don't have experiences with repairing electronically gear during the > last 20 years, so you aren't aware that vendors have a tend

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 19:05 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 09:38 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > > Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > > >> I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has >

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2014-02-13 at 09:38 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > >> I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has > >> worked just fine with Windows or Linux. So I'm not exactly

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread David Guntner
Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: >> I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has >> worked just fine with Windows or Linux. So I'm not exactly sure what >> you were going for here, Ralf > > ASUS mobos

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 22:57 -0800, David Guntner wrote: > I build almost exclusively with ASUS motherboards, and every one has > worked just fine with Windows or Linux. So I'm not exactly sure what > you were going for here, Ralf ASUS mobos have different chip sets, as the mobos of other vend

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-12 Thread David Guntner
Ralf Mardorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 19:42 -0800, Schlacta, Christ wrote: >> Asus is a good brand. > > My ASUS mobo doesn't know that it's a good brand for Linux usage. Given that your motherboard is an inanimate object, it's unlikely that it knows much of anything.

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 19:42 -0800, Schlacta, Christ wrote: > Asus is a good brand. My ASUS mobo doesn't know that it's a good brand for Linux usage. Perhaps you could give therapy to my M2A-VM HDMI, so that it becomes aware that it's a good brand for Linux usage. IOW what ever mobo is good or bad

Re: Upgrading Computer

2014-02-12 Thread Schlacta, Christ
On Feb 12, 2014 2:32 PM, "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: > > I am planning on upgrading my Debian Linux tower and am soliciting comments on the following CPU/Motherboard: > > > > AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU Sounds fine for most uses. > > ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard Asus

Upgrading Computer

2014-02-12 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I am planning on upgrading my Debian Linux tower and am soliciting comments on the following CPU/Motherboard: AMD FX 8320, 8-core 3.5 GHz, 16.0MB Cache CPU ASUS M5 A97 R2.0 Motherboard Thanks in advance. Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is