slackers hardware
 

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).

desktop (-current)
CPU: intel i5 4460
RAM: 16 Gb
GPU: radeon hd 7870

laptop (14.2)
CPU: intel core duo
RAM: 3 Gb
GPU: intel GMA

Desktop 14.2

CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300
RAM: 2GB
GPU: GeForce 6200 TurboCache
HDD: 250GB

YEAR: 2007

I don't usually post system specs, as I tend to build somewhat powerful systems but don't normally like to brag about it. Here goes anyway.

desktop 1 (-current)
CPU: AMD R9 3900x
RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
HDD:Corsair 2TB nvme ssd

desktop 2 (-current)
CPU: Intel Xeon e5 1650 v3
RAM: 64GB DDR4
GPU: AMD Radeon VII
HDD: WD 1TB nvme ssd

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.

Desktop/Server 1 (14.2 with 5.4 kernel)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
RAM: 64GB DDR4
GPU: AMD Radeon 570x
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB NVMe
HDD: 7 Western Digital Drives totalling 48TB (1x12TB, 1x10TB, 1x8TB, 1x6TB, 3x4TB)

HTPC 1 (-current with kodi)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G APU
RAM: 16GB DDR4
GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon Vega 8
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 256GB NVMe

I have a few, but nothing special:

Desktop 1: Slackware64-{14.2,current}/XFCE & Windows 7
MOBO: MSI 880G-E45
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
RAM: 16GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2400
PSU: EVGA 80 Plus 600W
USB: Generic USB3 PCIe w/3.5" front bay
Optical: LG BH14NS40 BluRay R/RW
HDD1: WD1600 Caviar 160GB SATA
HDD2: Hitachi P7K500 500GB
Display: Dell S2009Wb 20" Monitor

Desktop 2: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
HP Pavilion p7-1410
MOBO: Foxconn Joshua-H61-uATX
CPU: Intel Core i3-2130 3.40GHz
GPU: Integrated Intel
RAM: 8GB Samsung DDR3-1600
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1500 1.5TB
Display: HP 2711x 27" Monitor

Laptop 1: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
Toshiba Satellite P775-S7368 17.3"
CPU: Intel Core i5-2430M 2.40-3.00GHz
RAM: 6GB Samsung DDR3-1333
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 540M w/Optimus
HDD: WD3200 Scorpio 320GB

Laptop 2: Slackware64-{14.2,current}/Multiple DE's
Dell Inspiron 1520 15.4"
CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz
RAM: 4GB Samsung DDR2-800
GPU: Intel GM965 Integrated
HDD: WD3200 Scorpio 320GB

Server 1: Slackware64-14.2/Headless
MOBO: Asus M2NPV-VM
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.00GHz
GPU: nVidia GeForce 6150/nForce 430 Integrated
RAM: 8GB Samsung DDR2-800
HDD: WD2500 Caviar 250GB
Display: Acer AL1916 19" Monitor

HTPC 1: Slackware64-14.2/Cinnamon
HP Pavilion p6130y
MOBO: Pegatron (Asus) M2N78-LA
CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9750 2.4GHz
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8400 GS DDR3
RAM: 8GB Micron DDR2-800
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB
Display: Optoma HD70 Projector

Desktop 1:
CPU: AMD Ryzen R5 1600
GPU: Radeon RX580
RAM: 32GB DDR4
HDD: Dual 256GB nvme

Desktop 2:
CPU: IBM Power 9 Sforza 8-core
GPU: Radeon RX580
RAM: 16GB DDR4
HDD: Dual 256GB nvme

Server:
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon L7555
GPU: Intel
RAM: 128GB DDR3
HDD: 6x256GB Inland SATA SSD

Laptop 1:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3340
GPU: Intel HD
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: Inland 256GB SSD

Laptop 2:
CPU: PowerPC 7447a G4
GPU: Radeon 9200 Mobile
RAM: 1GB DDR
HDD: 256GB HDD

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.

Laptop 1: Asus Z35FM (2007) OpenBSD 6.7
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz, 1995.01 MHz
GPU: Intel 82945GM Express (Integrated)
RAM: 1.5 GiB
HDD: 80 GB pata

Laptop 2: HP Elitebook 8440p (2010) Slackware64 14.2, NetBSD amd64 9.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz (2 cores, 4 SMT threads)
GPU: NVIDIA NVA8 (NVS3100M with GT218) 512 MiB
RAM: 4 GiB
HDD: TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF 750 GB sata 2.6, 5400 rpm

I am typing this from a ThinkPad x230

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.

Desktop (slackware64-current)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600 6c/12t
RAM: 2x8GB 3600Mhz
GPU: AMD 5500XT 8GB
HDD: 512GB Samsung NVMe & 256GB Samsung NVMe

Laptop (slackware64-current)
CPU: Intel i7-5600U 2c/4t
RAM: 1x8GB 1600Mhz
HDD: 512GB SSD

Server (slackware64-current)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 2600 6c/12t
RAM: 2x8GB 2600Mhz
GPU: AMD RX560 4GB
HDD: 512GB SSD, 2x4TB WD & 1TB WD

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,

laptop (14.2)
CPU: Intel Atom N2600
chipset: Intel NM10
GPU: Intel GMA 3600
built: probably 2012

desktop (14.2)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Q8300
chipset: Intel G45
GPU: Intel GMA 4500HD
built: probably 2009

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.

Haswell i7
16GB RAM
NVidia GTX 970 (when I was using Slackware; it's now an RTX 2060)

Main box (Slackware64-current)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
16 GB RAM
Intel GPU