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Recently a thread came up on the first page where users shared their preferred applications for daily desktop usage, and i scraped it a bit with the help of python to grab some statistics.
Now i came wondering, how about the machines that people use here, be it at work or at home, so this is a thread where we can share some info about the machines we use, with the aid of a shitty template (feel free to add stuff).
The first one is my daily driver, and hasn't been updated to the newest current/ktown. The second I built as a sort of test bed/hackintosh thing. Haven't gotten around to installing MacOS yet, but it runs the latest slackware-current just fine.
This isn't including the various Raspberry Pi systems I use, nor the Pinebook Pro I bought to put Slackware on.
It also excludes the three other servers I have, but haven't setup yet.
Desktop 2:
CPU: IBM Power 9 Sforza 8-core
GPU: Radeon RX580
RAM: 16GB DDR4
HDD: Dual 256GB nvme
I am simultaneously envious and in awe at the acquisition of this kind of iron, and the chutzpah required to run Slackware on it. I've been looking in on your progress in the power9 thread (I think you started it, can't remember), and am kicking around a very silly idea involving one of those blackbird boards because of it.
I'll probably stick with dual socket chinese recycle boards, but a man can dream.
Fascinating how modern and fast these Slackware machines are. It's an ideal distro for keeping old hardware running but so far only one other person is running older than 10 year equipment (and both of us Canadian, coincidence?). Maybe the strong hardware is indicative of connoiseur tendancies among those who like slackware.
According to the documentation I have been able to find, neither of these computers have the Intel Management Engine (ME) security flaws[1], because: (a) these processors were built before Intel moved the ME "on die", and (b) neither of the chipsets contain the Intel ME or Intel vPro,
According to the documentation I have been able to find, neither of these computers have the Intel Management Engine (ME) security flaws[1], because: (a) these processors were built before Intel moved the ME "on die", and (b) neither of the chipsets contain the Intel ME or Intel vPro,
I see some daemon forums people saying they'll go to ARM for this reason. That sounds neat, but I wonder about the performance and compatibility. If my old machines die any time soon, I'd look first at the AMD based machines up to when they got their equivalent of ME. Seems to me you get a couple more years of hardware advance before that.
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