Best specs of ubuntu 10.04?

[pr0t3g3]

What type of hardware: Graphics card, hard-drive, etc is the best for the greatest performance.
What type of software is best for heavy activity, such as heavy programming/testing or games; what type of laptop or desktop is preferable for multiple operating systems.



edit: I should say the most powerful (within reason) and versatile platform; Any setup that is preferable is welcome: describe YOUR ideal setup (ubuntu included as per my title)

Edit: Saying ubuntu only, probably crippled my post. How about the best most powerful versatile setup, with any os? I know that no default setup is perfect.. but if you were to set it up with all the tools spread out before you how would you go about configuring the compatibility of the os and the programs?

[pr0t3g3]

Oh come on... are you people saying you don't have a 'dream system'; no setup with multiple pc's or what-not? SERIOUSLY?!?

[SlidingHorn]

Oh come on... are you people saying you don't have a 'dream system'; no setup with multiple pc's or what-not? SERIOUSLY?!?

#1 - It's recommended that you wait about 24 hours before bumping a thread

#2 - This would probably be better off in one of the General Discussion forums

#3 - Maybe I'm a little dense, but I have no idea what you're asking in your original post

[pr0t3g3]

#1 - It's recommended that you wait about 24 hours before bumping a thread

#2 - This would probably be better off in one of the General Discussion forums

#3 - Maybe I'm a little dense, but I have no idea what you're asking in your original posthmmm I see
Edit: And now?

[pr0t3g3]

Hmm I guess nobody has a dream setup. either that or sliding horn killed my post.

I don't think is was me.


8-[

[SlidingHorn]

Not a mod, so I can't kill a thread...I'm sure everyone has a "dream setup," however a lot of folks are trying to fix people's technical issues to get everyone running smoothly.

Personally, I'm not up-to-date enough with the latest hardware releases to really have thought up a system like this. It'd probably cost me a small fortune though, lol

[cascade9]

What type of hardware: Graphics card, hard-drive, etc is the best for the greatest performance.

Impossible to answer. What one person might really want, eg a new nVidia GTX480 video card, another person would find overkill...at best.

*edit- I can easily put in the system that I would buy...well, theres a few, it would epend on how much money I have to play with. I've currently building a new computer for my housemate, and the cost is less than I would spend on a single CPU if I had an unlimited budget.


What type of software is best for heavy activity, such as heavy programming/testing or games; what type of laptop or desktop is preferable for multiple operating systems.

Well, programming isnt really heavy at all.....

Games come in lots of flavours, and playing windows games on WINE is more than possible, but in a lot of cases, if you want to play windows games, use windows ;)

With dual (or multipule) booting, no laptop or desltop is 'better', as long as you have the hard drive space for all the Oses..

[pr0t3g3]

Impossible to answer. What one person might really want, eg a new nVidia GTX480 video card, another person would find overkill...at best.

*edit- I can easily put in the system that I would buy...well, theres a few, it would epend on how much money I have to play with. I've currently building a new computer for my housemate, and the cost is less than I would spend on a single CPU if I had an unlimited budget.



Well, programming isnt really heavy at all.....

Games come in lots of flavours, and playing windows games on WINE is more than possible, but in a lot of cases, if you want to play windows games, use windows ;)

With dual (or multipule) booting, no laptop or desltop is 'better', as long as you have the hard drive space for all the Oses..


You have given me almost exactly what I wanted to hear, however, what I really want in this thread is to see people 'flaunt' their setup; I'm well aware nothing is perfect, but alot of people have a layout with a room full of a bunch of pcs or just a single pc: It doesn't have to be top of the line; what I want to see is people who like what their pc can do and won't want anything else anytime in the near future. Tell me about your setups, (I'll admit I want to see more of the 'hardcore' speedy setups and details on how it came to be) I'm really interested about what other people like about their pc's; don't be shy describe your layout!:popcorn:

[Iowan]

what I want to see is people who like what their pc can do and won't want anything else anytime in the near future. Tell me about your setups...
That would make it more of a discussion thread than a support thread - moved to Cafe.

[louieb]

ThinkPad 0 Have a 7 year old T30 - the W series sure looks sweet.

[pr0t3g3]

That would make it more of a discussion thread than a support thread - moved to Cafe.Alright thanks! :-|

[pr0t3g3]

ThinkPad 0 Have a 7 year old T30 - the W series sure looks sweet.
W series?

[pr0t3g3]

What might be ideal for a 'best graphics and speed' hardware software or otherwise for the new ubuntu 10.04 lts?

[3rdalbum]

I have no need for a GTX480. My electricity meter spins around quickly enough already, and I already own a space heater (albeit not one that can draw polygons to a screen).

[mamamia88]

frankly my amd athlon x2 1.7ghz laptop with 2gb ram runs ubuntu beautifully. and you can easily get a much better system for the price i paid when i got it.

[zephyrblade]

My dream setup would be akin to Batman's computer (from the 'Dark Knight', not the TV series).

I bet Ubuntu would run sweet on that.

[the8thstar]

I own a desktop Packard Bell P4 2.66GHz w/ a 80Gb HDD, a 500Gb eSATA HDD, 1Gb DDR RAM and GeForce 6200 256 DDR2 RAM. It is responsive under Lucid Lynx so I'm happy with that. It also dual boots Windows Me on a separate 10Gb HDD. It is 7 years old.

I also own a laptop (see my signature) which is a great machine IMO and quite fast still although it's 3.5 years old. It runs Lucid Lynx 10.04, Windows XP in VirtualBox and dual boots with Windows 7 Professional.

These are 'good' setups.

My next buy will happen in 2011 or 2012. Maybe an iMac for a change. Certainly a top-of-the-line machine anyway, in order to have something that lasts at least 7 years.

I guess that would be the 'dream' setup.

[pr0t3g3]

My dream setup would be akin to Batman's computer (from the 'Dark Knight', not the TV series).

I bet Ubuntu would run sweet on that.

HAHAHA! Yeah although I'm sure if the creators of ubuntu had hardware like that at their disposal, All the software would be off the charts... However there are 2 things that would be a problem 1. I don't think that even rich people would invest much in a machine like that XD... down speed 100 petabytes per second | up speed 800 terrabytes per second
1000 yobibytes of ram X_X ... You could shred the WHOLE net with those specs...meh I just went past WAY too far... In all seriousness in the next 10-50 years... shoot 50 years from now we probably will be on the level of quantum computing... which is a whole new topic all together.. imagine ubuntu on THAT!

[pr0t3g3]

I own a desktop Packard Bell P4 2.66GHz w/ a 80Gb HDD, a 500Gb eSATA HDD, 1Gb DDR RAM and GeForce 6200 256 DDR2 RAM. It is responsive under Lucid Lynx so I'm happy with that. It also dual boots Windows Me on a separate 10Gb HDD. It is 7 years old.

I also own a laptop (see my signature) which is a great machine IMO and quite fast still although it's 3.5 years old. It runs Lucid Lynx 10.04, Windows XP in VirtualBox and dual boots with Windows 7 Professional.

These are 'good' setups.

My next buy will happen in 2011 or 2012. Maybe an iMac for a change. Certainly a top-of-the-line machine anyway, in order to have something that lasts at least 7 years.

I guess that would be the 'dream' setup.safe to say you won't be owning and maintaining a massive fast server in the near future eh? :lolflag:


Your 'Dreams' certainly seem down to earth. cmon keep em coming people !

[.:PiXi²:.]

My dream would be the VAIO Z51, the successor of the Z41. I'm now typing this on my Z41, which is a great machine, very powerful, very portable.
The only thing that holds me back from buying the Z51 is the price, which is between 4300 and 4400 USD.
http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vn-z-series

[Khakilang]

I don't have a dream computer but I had a nightmare once. Where my computer with Ubuntu was infected by Trojan horse and the horse with red fiery eyes pop out of the screen saying "You cannot run and you cannot hide from me". Suddenly I woke and quickly turn on my computer and to my relieve saw the Ubuntu logo.

Now come back to the spec. I believe any Dual core or Core2 Duo CPU with 2GB RAM, 300GB hard disk, nVidia 9500GT or higher is sufficient to run most of the application including programming but for Window games, you may want to increase the RAM to 8GB and the latest nVidia card with additional 300GB hard disk for dual boot.

Phew!!!
:guitar:

[the8thstar]

safe to say you won't be owning and maintaining a massive fast server in the near future eh? :lolflag:


Your 'Dreams' certainly seem down to earth. cmon keep em coming people !

Well, when you have 3 kids your priorities are set elsewhere...

[Frogs Hair]

I currently have a home build : Asus M4N78- PRO MB - Athlon 2xII 2.8 ghz CPU - Ultra 750 PSU - WD Caviar Blue 500 gb HDD - 2 gb Kingston 1066 DDR II memory - Nvidia 8400GS 512 mg combined with the on board graphics GPU.

I would like add 2gb of memory and a better graphics card , but this setup is very snappy with Lucid which currently using only 3.8ghz of the HDD.

[pr0t3g3]

Well, when you have 3 kids your priorities are set elsewhere...Not one kid or two, three huh? I don't know whether to say congratulations or good luck :-|. I can barely take care of myself at the moment #-o
Since I'm only 19 though I probably shouldn't even think about having kids. That's why I'm going through college.. If you had enough time what kind of tools would you use when you really think about it? Hard drive, speed, graphics card; I know you've thought about it already- share it with everyone! :popcorn:

[98cwitr]

24-cores...64GB DDR3-10600...6TB of SSD goodness (4.5-5.0TBish in RAID 5) (12TB of 7200rpm win for only $6700ish!)


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[Duncan J Murray]

Cuurrently run a sweet T40 thinkpad coming up to 7 years old.
1.3ghz pentium-m, 1.25gb, 32mb ati radeon, 40gb hdd, 1024 screen.

It's my main computer, but the fan is dying on it. It's still my dream computer, but am waiting for the fan replacement. Then i'll upgrade the hdd.

I suppose if I were in the market now, I'd be v tempted by those siny new t410 ones.

D

[pr0t3g3]

If you were to buy a laptop/desktop or just purchase a casing and design the motherboard and other parts yourself describe how the pc and os would work... what would your specs be: ram/memory system storage, backup storage, custom keyboard: the works?! :popcorn:

[pr0t3g3]

until recently we have all been using machines with 32-bit.... now it's 64 bit .. I wonder if there is a machine that can handle higher than that?

[jerenept]

Cray XT5 Jaguar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray_XT5)
Runs Linux already, shouldn't be too much to ask for ubuntu ;)

[pr0t3g3]

Cray XT5 Jaguar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray_XT5)
Runs Linux already, shouldn't be too much to ask for ubuntu ;)


http://plexos.com/256_bit_CPUs_should_be_enough.htm


o.o....:P... I wonder what it would take to make a self sustaining pc? an A.I. of some sort.... but would it be artificial if it could sustain itself? how big would the memory be? what would the build look like? would it be too far to go as to say would it be robot like? seriously >.> has anyone ever considered this? please list your thoughts!

[jerenept]

Trektobytes?
Yes, Captain Kirk.

[pr0t3g3]

Trektobytes?
Yes, Captain Kirk.
Lmao.. no seriously... Where would we start... what are a few things to think about?

An artificial intelligence is no small thing

[tokroni]

Here is my take on this

If it is a Ubuntu-only desktop

a. Get AMD. Intel is waaaaay overpriced.. Running Athlon X4 620 and it runs like a charm

b. Get NVIDIA unless you are one of those Free Software jihadist. VDPAU and Quad-Core,I love it.

c. Quality Power Supply. I cant stress this enough. Mine is a Corsair.

The rest are all standard, I guess.


If it is a notebook

Get a Thinkpad T-series. A tad pricey but nothing comes close to its build quality and keyboard.

[jerenept]

What about a good alienware?
Or for desktops, a good Phenom II x6 with Nvidia SLI (Both overclocked) and liqiud cooling.

[Shining Arcanine]

What type of hardware: Graphics card, hard-drive, etc is the best for the greatest performance.
What type of software is best for heavy activity, such as heavy programming/testing or games; what type of laptop or desktop is preferable for multiple operating systems.



edit: I should say the most powerful (within reason) and versatile platform; Any setup that is preferable is welcome: describe YOUR ideal setup (ubuntu included as per my title)

Hardware in general is usually OS neutral. While I would never run any version of Ubuntu on my dream system, I do have one:


Intel Core i7-980X Processor
24GB of DDR3 RAM
Intel 160GB X25-M SSD
Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card


Other components are less important, but if money were no object, I would likely add a Blu-Ray burner, a Creative X-Fi sound card (this might come back to haunt me), a Seasonic 300 Watt PSU (the ones with the fans on the bottom of the unit) and an Antec P180 case.

This system would be running nothing less than Gentoo Linux with the latest stable software available from upstream.

[pr0t3g3]

Hardware in general is usually OS neutral. While I would never run any version of Ubuntu on my dream system, I do have one:


Intel Core i7-980X Processor
24GB of DDR3 RAM
Intel 160GB X25-M SSD
Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card


Other components are less important, but if money were no object, I would likely add a Blu-Ray burner, a Creative X-Fi sound card (this might come back to haunt me), a Seasonic 300 Watt PSU (the ones with the fans on the bottom of the unit) and an Antec P180 case.

This system would be running nothing less than Gentoo Linux with the latest stable software available from upstream.


Forget about those who would scorn you for the comment about 'never putting any version of ubuntu on your dream system'; Please tell me what os, would you put on your system? Would you create your own or what? Please elaborate as though your talking to someone who has no idea about computers (if your patient enough) .. Not... That I don't know anything about computers .... :-$

[cascade9]

Hardware in general is usually OS neutral. While I would never run any version of Ubuntu on my dream system, I do have one:


Intel Core i7-980X Processor
24GB of DDR3 RAM
Intel 160GB X25-M SSD
Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 Graphics Card


Other components are less important, but if money were no object, I would likely add a Blu-Ray burner, a Creative X-Fi sound card (this might come back to haunt me), a Seasonic 300 Watt PSU (the ones with the fans on the bottom of the unit) and an Antec P180 case.

This system would be running nothing less than Gentoo Linux with the latest stable software available from upstream.

A GTX480 on a 300watts PSU? LMAO! All that is going to happen there is letting the magic smoke out, a GTX480 will draw well over 300watts at load (and at least 130 at idle).

I wouldnt even run a 980X on 300watts if there was any sort of video card at all, they are pretty power hungry CPUs.


Forget about those who would scorn you for the comment about 'never putting any version of ubuntu on your dream system'; Please tell me what os, would you put on your system? Would you create your own or what? Please elaborate as though your talking to someone who has no idea about computers (if your patient enough) .. Not... That I don't know anything about computers .... :-$

Gentoo-

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gentoo

[pr0t3g3]

What would you consider the top 5 best operating systems ... also what are the top 10 most popular?