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List:       crux
Subject:    Re: Suitability RFI
From:       Fredrik Rinnestam <fredrik () rinnestam ! se>
Date:       2016-11-24 10:43:04
Message-ID: 3b977191-9c45-92cb-6b7d-9b0d33c4642e () rinnestam ! se
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On 2016-11-23 22:45, Dave wrote:
> Good Afternoon Crux Community,
> 
> Looking for a new distro. Been on Linux since 2004.
> 
> Was on Arch until SystemD, then on FreeBSD until rev 11 (has issues).
> None of the other BSD's do accelerated graphics well, most not at all.
> And none of the BSD's do laptops correctly. I primarily use the Mate
> desktop, and CodeBlocks for C/C++ development. I cannot accept SystemD.
> I am not philosophical about SystemD ( so I am not trying to start a
> flame war), it simply has caused me way too many headaches since the
> beginning, and I'm tired of it. I want control of the system, not some
> gargantuan PID1 monstrosity.
> 
> Now that I have officially retired, I use YouTube as my "Television".
> Occasionally Hulu and NetFlix. I have 32Gb of RAM, a Gigabyte
> GA-990XA-UD3 MB, with a AMD-FX-8350 (piledriver) CPU, with a AMD RX480
> GPU. I am a military veteran with significant hearing loss. I used
> PulseAudio for access to the built-in sound equalizer to offset my
> hearing loss for the headphones. I am not locked into PulseAudio. I used
> the built-in mixer in the OSS driver of FreeBSD to accomplish
> essentially the same thing - but needing a system-wide audio-equalizer
> is a necessity. I also need the use of VirtualBox to host some VM's for
> the few clients I still sys admin for.
> 
> I am requesting community feedback about the suitability of my target
> usage on my target hardware.
> 
> Sincerely and respectfully,
> 
> Dave

amdgpu-support should be as up to date as upstream are. I'm currently
running it myself. Just make sure you install opt/linux-firmware because
the kernel drivers depend on it.

/F
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