Well i finally will be picking it up tomorrow so will be having a bit of an install fest for the next wee while too get back to a dev environment on both sides of the OS divide.
Specs:Intel Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/2G RAM/2 500G HD/9800GT 512M all wrapped in an Antec 300 case.
So i will be able to play the latest svn on windows again after building some binaries for it.
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Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
The drives are Seagate ST3500320AS and no not a RAID setup one for each OS all from a dealer that i have been dealing with for the last 12 yrs so i know the build quality.Haven't done a bare metal install of Vista so not assembling this one myself.
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my box::HP Envy i5-6400 @2Q70GHzx4 8 Gb ram/1 Tb(Win10 64)/3 Tb Mint 19.2/GTX745 4Gb acer S243HL K222HQL
Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
Yikes--those ST3500320AS are the exact ones that I've heard bad stories about.
If the drives don't come with SD1A firmware installed, make sure to get the firmware update here: http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/s ... cId=207951
(you need unplug all but the drive you are updating when you use it)
I got a pair of Seagate 1TBs but a slightly older version that I haven't heard as many bad stories about, but I updated the firmware just in case.
'Grats'! Hopefully this summer I will have a new box, too. Gonna travel to da US
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loki1950 wrote:In that case get a lappy for your nappy Translation:get a laptop for your knapsack.Hopefully one with a big enough HD to dual boot.
Hahaha thats one funny phrase Hmm I was thinking about buyin' this lappy for my nappy (sorry for advertising the product btw! xD)
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loki1950 wrote:Ah one of the net books most dump the distro that is pre-installed for one that they like most of the large distros offer a net book respin now.
EXACTLY what I thought of doing! Still, the fact that it is the only Mini series with 2GB RAM capability IS something, as well as the fact that it has a Linux distro in it . Thus, for its size, the 80 Gigs HD is quite nice... Do you recommend me that lappy, though?
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As with any purchase "let the buyer beware" google it for problems and reviews and look out for reviewers that don't know Linux and downgrade there experience accordingly
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Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
loki1950 wrote:As with any purchase "let the buyer beware" google it for problems and reviews and look out for reviewers that don't know Linux and downgrade there experience accordingly
I see. Though I don't understand why would I look for ppl who don't know Linux, if they are probably gonna review badly? Also, I am probably gonna change the Linux distro that comes with it, cuz I think its a little bit too basic. But thanks for the advice. Oh and now that I remember, I think that laptop I showed you is going to have a new version this June, so...
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Well just got a call from the dealer it seems that an expected shipment did not arrive that had my intended video card so a wait till monday In the mean time i have to figure out how to get fedora 10's NetworkManager to use a pppoe connection. It's some kind of permission issue as SELinux is raising an objection.
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Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
loki1950 wrote:Well just got a call from the dealer it seems that an expected shipment did not arrive that had my intended video card so a wait till monday
I hate when that happens to me I feel extremely excited, when a dude comes and tells you to wait another weekend
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Well had lots of those kind of disappointments in my life nothing one can do; so do something else to take your mind off it.In this situation it's trying to get connectivity for my new fedora 10 install
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Now have connection for my fedora install in the process of updating my minimal install then to add the goodies
Try installing my new router later so tomorrow i just have to plug my new beast into it
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Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
If you're getting a wireless router, I highly recommend a router that supports linux firmware (OpenWRT or DD-WRT) They work really well as cheap, low-power linux computers. It's really nice to be able to ssh home and remotely Wake-on-LAN your desktop machine. Not to mention having something that can run cron jobs at all times of the night/day even when your computer is off
No wi-fi got a Linksys BEFSR41 v4 a four port one at the Staples next door don't know if it supports opwnWRT but it does support a lot as is Installing KDE and friends ATM.
Any ideas on how to partition the new drive i want both 32 and 64 bit installs and maybe room for a few test installs though the biggest will be /home about 400 of the 500 Gb.
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Online with Asus's built it Express Gate which is a re-branded Slashtop not a bad desktop Nice dock mid-screen in save's session data Well off too visit my usual web haunts
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my box::HP Envy i5-6400 @2Q70GHzx4 8 Gb ram/1 Tb(Win10 64)/3 Tb Mint 19.2/GTX745 4Gb acer S243HL K222HQL
Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
Update got HD sound working through alsa and pulse Put "the Return of the King" into the dvd drive and fiddled with the alsamixer Asus do provide a tarbal of the alsa source and libs but there are a bit dated version 1.0.16 while fedora has -1.0.19-2. which means that it's been supported for awhile also have Jack running ok so may be time to set up for voice recording and post-production.
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my box::HP Envy i5-6400 @2Q70GHzx4 8 Gb ram/1 Tb(Win10 64)/3 Tb Mint 19.2/GTX745 4Gb acer S243HL K222HQL
Q8200/Asus P5QDLX/8 Gb ram/WD 2Tb 2-500 G HD/GF GT640 2Gb Mint 17.3 64 bit Win 10 32 bit acer and Lenovo ideapad 320-15ARB Win 10/Mint 19.2
too get back to a dev environment on both sides of the OS divide.
after building some binaries for it.
Translation:get a laptop for your knapsack.Hopefully one with a big enough HD to dual boot.
In the mean time i have to figure out how to get fedora 10's NetworkManager to use a pppoe connection. It's some kind of permission issue as SELinux is raising an objection.
I feel extremely excited, when a dude comes and tells you to wait another weekend 
Nice dock mid-screen in save's session data 
