From the "A good string of luck" Dept.
It was a great B-day.
On Friday, I called Infonec Computers to get the status of my RMA. It finally came. So I rushed my ass there and picked up my new mobo with only 5-minutes to spare--the store was just about to close.
I ran back home, skipped dinner, took a bunch of telephone wire and made a homemade grounding strip and assembled my computer. Turned it on and it has all been good since.
Dual-CPU computer is interesting. Performance wise it isn't any faster than a single cpu in most cases, but there are times when I have 20 applications open and the system is still responsive--very nice.
I'm still setting stuff up. Can't wait to install Gentoo.
It was great to be able to get my computer up and running before Jen dropped by. She also had a surprise for me:
Tai,
we can probably talk in a lot of detail around this. but I am curious about thie Gentoo/Portage architecture (if you can call it that)... sounds cool, but is it practical?
Woah,
Cristine, didn't know you were a linux-head.
As for Gentoo,it's considered a bleeding edge Linux distribution. I wouldn't use it for anything more than a toy--it's not enterprise ready like say SuSE or Redhat.
Basically it breaks down to how much performance do you want. Portage allows a user to compile all the code you need (no more extra crud) for optimal performance. Is it practical--NO, but like you said, it makes you "curious", and I've read great reviews.
For me, I really don't need the performance, but I've been curious about Gentoo for awhile. My preferred distribution is Debian [http://www.debian.org]--it has an even easier-to-use package management system called "Apt"--but it's a pain to setup (very poor hardware support).
The major advantages of managing "packages" using portage or apt is that you install the OS once and then you update ad-infinitum. In this particular case, it's very practical.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
Cheers,
Tai
Posted by: Tai Toh on September 16, 2003 11:58 PM