[Tfug] Xeon CPUs

[John Hubbard]

On October 3, 2014 12:33:55 PM MST, Steve B <steveb7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm looking to replace my old CoreDuo machine since there are some
>software
>apps I am not able to run because of features lacking with this CPU
>(VMWare
>and some that run but several features are disabled because the CPU
>lacks
>the VT-x extensions).
>
>I've found several Dell and HP Xeon based machines of CL and eBay that
>are
>within my budget. A quick Google search says Linux should run just fine
>on
>these, most problems were video related (ie nVidia and/or ATI).
>
>Is anyone on the list running Linux on a Xeon machine as a desktop OS,
>not
>as a server? If so any comments or advice?
>
>Steve
>
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I just recently picked up a Haswell Xeon E3 for my file server/media center. It is running Kubuntu 14.04 just fine. I had a little hokeyness with the NIC but I think that's just network manager (the gift that keeps on giving).
-- 
- john
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