Do you own a x86 Linux desktop?

[cbn]

If voted Yes in the poll, please list your specs (including processor, RAM, storage, video card and Operating system)

Here are the specs on my Linux desktop:

HP DC 5800 (Small form factor)
Xeon X3323 (used LGA 771 to LGA 775 mod)
2GB DDR2 800 RAM
80 GB HDD
ASUS GT 630 2GB GDDR3
Linux Mint 17.1 Mate (using Mint's Driver manager to install the proprietary Nvidia graphics driver)

(Four DIMM slots, four SATA ports, one 5.25" bay, one 3.5" bay. PCIe x16 slot capable of fitting a dual slot low profile card. Power supply rated 19v combined (11.5v and 7.5v) on two 12v rails and it does come with an extra SATA power connector)

 

[dinker99]

I needed a secure PC for using with credit cards so I put Ubuntu on an old Asus P5E-V-HDMI.

 

[Nothingness]

4770k
16GB 2400
gtx 670
Ssd 120 evo + raptor 150 GB
Fedora 19 (need to upgrade )

 

[DrMrLordX]

Seems like the wrong forum for this discussion. Not that it's an unfair question, it just doesn't have anything to do with CPUs or overclocking, really.

 

[Soulkeeper]

I've used only gnu/linux for everything now for over a decade.

 

[cbn]

Seems like the wrong forum for this discussion. Not that it's an unfair question, it just doesn't have anything to do with CPUs or overclocking, really.

I would like to know how much CPU power people use with Linux. (Notice the request for the processor)

 

[DrMrLordX]

Well right, but . . . eh whatever. I'll let the mods worry about it.

Whether the thread stays here or moves, I run Lubuntu 14.10 as my main OS at the present. Machine is A10-7700k (heavily overclocked), 16 gigs of DDR3-2400, a generic PCI-e SATA controller (don't ask why), an old 640 gig WD Black, an old(er) 250 gig 7200.10 drive, an NH-d14 with way-too-loud fans, and an IDE DVD-RW that has no way to hook up to the A88x-Pro motherboard at the present. It's just sort of hanging out and being inert.

Power comes from a Corsair HX520 that just won't stop.

 

[cbn]

Well right, but . . . eh whatever. I'll let the mods worry about it.

I think the responses in this thread will be interesting in light of our current discussion of Steam Machines which is also occurring here in the CPU forum: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2423253

 

[richaron]

A8-7600 (passive with NH-D14 HS)
16G 2133 RAM
2 x 120G OCZ Agility 3 SSD RAID
4 x 3TB WD Red HDD RAID
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

 

[jhu]

Minitower on the floor. Does that count? It's not technically a desktop computer, more like floortop:

Xubuntu 14
Phenom II 1090T stock
Radeon 7750
16 GB RAM
500 GB HD

Also have a coffetabletop computer:
Core i5 3317U
HD4000
6GB RAM
320 GB HF

 

[ninaholic37]

I have a laptop with Linux, which I use as my desktop too. Is that a Yes or No?

 

[Ranulf]

A 9 year old laptop running LXLE 12, a celeron 1037 based system thats sort of a linux test bed at the moment or htpc with xbmc. Mint 16 on a live usb stick that jumps between systems when needed.

 

[ninaholic37]

cbn, your "Linux desktop" has a "Microsoft Windows XP DVD" in front of it

 

[ShadowVVL]

I run debian as my main OS on 2 systems.

debian 7.6
Custom PC
Core2Quad 9550 2.83 GHz stock
4GB ddr2 800mhz
NVidia 260gtx 216 core 896mb
WD black 500gb hdd from 2008


debian 7.4
HP PC
Athlon X2 5600+ Windsor stock
3GB ddr2 667mhz
samsung 500gb hdd
nvidia SE 6150 on board graphics

Main applications
Intel - Blender 2.71 and gimp 2.8
amd - Blender 2.49b and gimp 2.8 ... yes I still love 2.49b as much as some people still love Win XP!

 

[Qwertilot]

Some mini ATX i5 ivy quad/750ti running Cinnamon flavoured Mint.

There is windows dual boot, but I haven't used it for quite a while now and can't really see myself doing so in the near/moderate future with the native games that are due/arrived already.

My main desktop, although I don't use anything dramatic overall. Mostly I happen to find Cinnamon a plain excellent desktop environment

 

[bbhaag]

I use an older Toshiba laptop. I use Mint 17.1 cinnamon.

AMD Turionx2 64(2.2ghz)
Ati HD3100 gpu
4gb of ram
240gb Kingston SSD

 

[dealcorn]

Gigabyte J1800N-DH2 - ITX with Atom J1800 (dual core)
4 GB DDR3
Intel 530 SSD 120GB
WD Blue WD10JPVT 1 TB 2.5 Inch, 5400 RPM
Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Silverstone Tek SG05BB-LITE ITX Case
Debian Jessie w/ XFCE desktop

The second NIC enables several 24/7 server roles such as firewall with NAT. For media consumption and browsing the Internet, the J1800 is surprisingly OK with a lightweight operating system.

 

[tolis626]

Although I don't have anything running Linus RIGHT NOW, I've dabbled heavily into it, so I'm a yes.

My first Linux machine was my old PC from 2004 (or maybe 2003, don't remember exactly) with a single-core 1.8GHz AMD Athlon64 3000+ (I think), 1GB of DDR RAM, a GeForce 6800 Ultra, a combined storage of a whooping 620GB capacity (At the time I thought that was gonna last forever and a little longer) and some other doo-dads like a couple optical drives, a floppy, etc. That machine had run about every mainstream Linux Distro out there (Ubuntu and all its variants, Mint, Gentoo, Fedora, Puppy, you name it), alongside Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and a few Hackintosh installations. Best thing is, at some point I had Windows XP, Windows 7 and 4 Linux distros at the same time in different drives/ partitions, so a bootloader with 6 OSes popped up every time. These were the times...

Then I started running mainly Ubuntu on my laptop for a couple of years until I returned to Windows for a change. After that, the old desktop died and I was left with the laptop only and I needed it to be functional, so I didn't mess with it a whole lot. I haven't installed a Linux Distro for about 3 years (although I've tried quite a few without installing) and I'm starting to miss it.

So now I'm torn between installing a Linux distro on my sig rig and dual-booting with Windows, or gathering some money to build a budget small AMD APU system, or I could wait until I upgrade my sig rig and use parts from that for a Linux box. Although a 4790k would be wasted there, because I wouldn't do a whole lot in Linux that would require as much power as it can offer. But I digress.

In case I have to keep this current, I have set up a Linux box at my parents' place and hooked it to the TV. It's running the latest Mint (With XBMC sometimes). It's got an unlocked AMD Athlon from the Phenom II era (dual-core to quad-core hell yeah), 8 gigs of RAM because we could spare it, a Gigabyte Radeon HD6850, and quite a few HDDs because stuff. And things.

 

[Minot]

I have a dedicated system for running Linux. Specs are:

CPU: i5 3570K
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
Memory: 16GB GSkill DDR3-1333
Drive 1: 60GB Intel 520 SSD
Drive 2: WD 1TB SATA3
PSU: Corsair 650W

In the last two years I've had Ubuntu 14.1 and Arch Linux on the system. I'm a converted Gentoo user who finally found my calling with Arch. I admit I haven't had much time recently to really tinker with it, but I do try to hold at least one system on Linux.

 

[Ken g6]

The computer I'm using now.

• Former Compaq Presario 6420nx. (That basically describes the case and nothing else.)
• Core 2 Q9400
• Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
• 4GB DDR2 800 RAM (which I'm finding limiting when running a VM.)
• 6.75TB HDD space (1 4TB, 1 2TB, 1 750GB)
• 128GB Crucial M4 SSD
• EVGA GTX 750ti (Drivers installed manually)
• Linux Mint Debian Edition with XFCE.

The rolling releases have kind of stopped , so I'm thinking about XUbuntu for my next build.

I also have a very old Dell Inspiron 6000 with 512MB RAM and no HDD running Puppy to record TV. (Hence my enormous storage space on the main machine.)

 

[IGemini]

AMD A10-7850K Kaveri
CM 212 EVO
MSI A78M-E35
8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600
Antec Neo Eco 400C
Corsair F115 SSD
Toshiba 3TB HDD
ASUS BC-12B1ST 12X Blu-ray ODD
Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon

Works as my Minecraft server, file server/backup and HTPC.

Sold my old C2Q hardware and made a trip to Microcenter to get the working components for this build. Quite happy with the results...system is so quiet I forget it's running. When I have a little more money to throw at it I'm putting it into a Silverstone Grandia case.

 

[SPBHM]

I voted no, so I can't list specs, but my main reason for not using is lack of games and lack of MS office, the rest is OK (last thing I used was lubuntu with some old t4300 laptop)

 

[nyker96]

yep, running xubuntu 14.04 and loving it. it's not without problems esp. when gaming is concerned. but Im not a heavy gamer so it weighs less for me. when productivity, security, functionality, ubuntu is indeed a step up from win 8 i used to run on my 2500k/4GHz machine.

only thing is i got a HD7790 gcard, AMD driver seems lousy for linux gaming, I probably will save up a bit and upgrade to nvidia card in about $100-125 range in 2 years time. but that's not really a big draw back considering i hardly play much games.

 

[metalliax]

CPU: A10-7850k
Memory: 8GB DDR3-2400
Motherboard: Gigabye GA-F2A88XN Mini ITX
Case Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX

OS: Arch Linux

 

[DrMrLordX]

only thing is i got a HD7790 gcard, AMD driver seems lousy for linux gaming, I probably will save up a bit and upgrade to nvidia card in about $100-125 range in 2 years time. but that's not really a big draw back considering i hardly play much games.

I'm not gonna try to sell you on the idea that AMD video card drivers are good right now (they aren't), but you might want to look at the AMDGPU driver when it comes out, whenever that is. It should improve the development cycle, assuming the collaboration model works properly.