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=== Operating system ===
=== Operating system ===


2013-Sep-10 Installed Ubuntu Raring 13.04
2013-Sep-10 Installed Ubuntu Raring 13.04 MY OH MY UNITY IS STILL AWFUL


up to Sept 9, it was '''Linux Mint 15''', an excellent choice
up to Sept 9, it was '''Linux Mint 15''', an excellent choice
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  apt-get install pidgin python-xmpp
  apt-get install pidgin python-xmpp
  apt-get install gimp inkscape
  apt-get install gimp inkscape
'''I have had Ubuntu Unity running for 3 hours now. Long enough!!!!'''
apt-get install cinnamon


=== Extras ===
=== Extras ===

Revision as of 04:48, 12 September 2013

Laysan is my current desktop computer.

This is by far the fastest (and quietest) computer I have ever used or owned.

I had intended to build a server, then it got turned into my desktop instead. The server ended up being built later.

Hardware

Motherboard: ASUS P8B-M LGA 1155 Intel C204 Micro ATX Server Motherboard

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 Sandy Bridge 3.2GHz LGA 1155 80W Quad-Core Server Processor BX80623E31230

RAM: 8GB x 2 Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G

Drives:

  • Operating system and home directory on an OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA III] MLC (SSD)
  • Data storage on a 2 TB WDC Caviar Black (SATA 2) WD2001FASS-0

DVD burner: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222BB

Video: PNY VCQ2000D-PB Quadro 2000D 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Workstation Video Card I wanted a workstation video card, as I want to do some OpenGL programming, and I work with ArcGIS software. This is the only component in this build that I would change; I would get a high end gaming board instead of a low end workstation board.

Monitors: Acer 23" and Acer 17".

Keyboard: IBM PS/2 Model M SpaceSaver (built in 1987)

Audio: This motherboard has no integrated audio so I use a NuForce UDAC 2 and a pair of Acoustic Research powered speakers.

Other: bT878 video capture card, an Osprey 210, that so far I have never used!

Case: Fractal Design Define Mini Black Micro ATX Silent PC Computer Case w/ USB 3.0 support and 2 x 120mm Fractal Design Silent Fans

Power supply: SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W ATX12V V2.3 / EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Software

Operating system

2013-Sep-10 Installed Ubuntu Raring 13.04 MY OH MY UNITY IS STILL AWFUL

up to Sept 9, it was Linux Mint 15, an excellent choice

Operating system is split between a 240GB SSD and a 2TB HD. I had a RAID 0 setup with 2 SSD's but the (considerable) speed bump was not worth the pain to configure and maintain it.

On RAM fs are /tmp, /var/tmp, /var/run, /var/lock

Since the system has 16GB of RAM I am not worried about swap space. I put it in a swapfile on the 1TB drive. 

echo vm.swappiness = 0 > /etc/sysctl.d/swappiness.conf

# Make a 4 GB swapfile
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=4096k
sudo mkswap /var/swapfile1
sudo chmod 0600 /var/swapfile1

cat /etc/fstab 

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
# 
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sdb1 during installation
UUID=b7dd27fe-b81f-42f7-9047-9c12c3225db7 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=995d224f-c168-4b2f-824d-0992c39d9789 /boot           ext4    defaults        0       2
# /home was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=a45024f6-04ae-4e20-985a-3a4ec03dcfdd /home           ext4    defaults        0       2
# /var was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=afdab032-6ff9-4f6f-8cc4-ab94caf85efa /var            ext4    defaults        0       2
# 
# swap on HD in file instead of partition
/var/swapfile1 none swap sw 0 0
#
# Move things to RAM DISK for speed
tmpfs /tmp     tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0 
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

Drivers

NVidia driver http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-ringtail-nvidia.html

This time around I successfully installed the driver directly from the Ubuntu Software Center. Much easier than downloading it from NVidia and installing manually.

Packages

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install build-essential qgit subversion
apt-get install emacs virtualbox nvidia-current
apt-get install qgis gpsbabel-gui
apt-get install google-talkplugin google-chrome-stable
apt-get install synaptic nautilus-dropbox

apt-get remove empathy
apt-get install pidgin python-xmpp
apt-get install gimp inkscape

I have had Ubuntu Unity running for 3 hours now. Long enough!!!! 

apt-get install cinnamon

Extras

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