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As the hardware-savvy group of people here probably already know, DDR4 RAM and AMD's AM3+ sockets will be making their debut within the next year (according to some Wikipedia articles relating to the respective subjects). Specifically, the bulldozer CPUs will be showing up. I haven't been around Linux long enough to see what happens when new hardware is released, but how long does it typically take for the appropriate stable drivers to be released for linux platforms? The reason I ask is I am upgrading my PC later this year, and have taken into possibility these new choices, although that decision is impending on the price and compatibility. I know soon enough they will no doubt be supported on Linux, but I'd like to know how long it usually takes.
No one makes a computer to run linux. Every home based computer is tested to microsoft OS of some kind. Even most servers are only tested on windows.
That makes it very difficult to run linux. I used to work line repair on computers at a big company. We did use a different OS but we'd get hundreds or thousands of boards back because of a simple OS update or version that some chipset or firmware or clock was off. The boards were not only tested in the factory but in real life. Linux is only tested in real life in most cases. You'd have no way to decide what is wrong. Any of the few thousand chips on a system could be just off or wrong for the code. It may work fine in MS but may never work in linux or other OS, while a different level board from the same line works great.
Peripherals are the issue. The only other thing was that when they were developing sata, somebody bought tomorrow's technology and had to upgrade to the (alpha) 2.6 kernel.
Check the basics. Usually it's just down to configuration to get going, but you may not be optimised.
At this point my question has been answered to the extent I was hoping for; thanks everyone.
In conclusion, I suppose the newer technology won't be any problem, and if the hardware has issues maybe I could somehow find a way to help the developers by submitting bug reports if necessary.
As the hardware-savvy group of people here probably already know, DDR4 RAM and AMD's AM3+ sockets will be making their debut within the next year (according to some Wikipedia articles relating to the respective subjects). Specifically, the bulldozer CPUs will be showing up. I haven't been around Linux long enough to see what happens when new hardware is released, but how long does it typically take for the appropriate stable drivers to be released for linux platforms? The reason I ask is I am upgrading my PC later this year, and have taken into possibility these new choices, although that decision is impending on the price and compatibility. I know soon enough they will no doubt be supported on Linux, but I'd like to know how long it usually takes.
Do a full update of your Linux system. Then reboot your PC.
I am sure the problem will be solved after system update. Also upgrade the BIOS to the latest one.
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