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Linux users with uncommon or unusual setups: tell us about it (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll start with mine. yes part of this was to brag about my somewhat but not too unusual setup. But I also wanna learn from your setups!

Anyways: I primarily use Gentoo Linux.

I have two headless servers: a Raspberry Pi 4B and a Oracle cloud VM (free tier). Both running OpenRC, and both were running mainline kernel with custom config (I recently switched the Pi to PiFoundation kernel due to some issues). The raspberry pi boots from SSD and has no sd card inserted.

Both servers were running musl libc instead of glibc for a while. This gave me a couple of random issues, but eventually I got tired and switched back to glibc.

I have a desktop running gentoo and a laptop running arch, but hoping to switch the laptop to gentoo soon.

Both are daily driving wayland (the desktop had nvidia card and used for gaming). The desktop is running a kernel with a minimal config that compiles in 2-3 minutes.

What's your unusual setup like?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am mostly concerned about that Core2Duo. How do you manage to not overload it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's amazing how well Linux performs on older hardware. Wayland seems to reduce the resource utilization a fair bit as well. The screens on the 980Ti are quite a bit slower than the RX480 so I arrange my workload accordingly and throw some windows over to an activity to increase my available higher speed screens. But the CPU rarely pegs out, it's not like I'm doing ML shit, just building software for telemetry and automation, or working in spreadsheets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Couldn't you switch to a ARM machine? There are some nice boards from Pine64 that would do the same thing with less heat and power draw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Find me an ARM board that supports 6 monitors. She don't exist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

www.pine64.com/boards/quartz128

!Ok, this isn't a real link and you do have a point.!<

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

https://gadgetversus.com/processor/arm-cortex-a55-vs-intel-core-2-duo/

They're kinda neck and neck on performance, though obviously at a vastly different TDP. At least if I'm reading that weird way they present the data correctly.

But yah, short of some sort of external displays, I can't think how you'd get it to support all that video real estate that I like. Besides, I think the power usage of the computer pales next to the monitors.