From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Gaming desktop hardware + 802.11 ac wifi Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:00:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87pnt8j10l.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34471) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ggQlv-0006hq-Ri for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:00:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ggQln-0002z7-Ol for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:00:35 -0500 Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.196]:45825) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ggQld-00026l-TX for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:00:20 -0500 Received: from mimimi (lfbn-idf2-1-384-232.w82-123.abo.wanadoo.fr [82.123.99.232]) (Authenticated sender: mail@ambrevar.xyz) by relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6EF73E0003 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2019 09:00:11 +0000 (UTC) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: "help-guix@gnu.org" --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Hi Guix! I'm looking around for a free-software-friendly gaming desktop solution. Modern, but on the cheaper end. How are AMD graphics card faring on Guix? Are they working with Linux-libre? According to https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeon-rx590-linux, the AMD RX 580 seems to be an excellent performance/cost choice, considering the 560 seems to be buggy on Linux. As a processor, I was considering the AMD Ryzen 5 2600. I like the 6 cores. Thoughts? Last but not least, I need wifi. Since I'm on fiber optics here, only 802.11 ac allows me to take full benefit of the bandwidth. Is there any free open 802.11 ac driver? ath10k seems to be non-free, right? ath9k seems to only support 802.11n cards, which is limiting the bandwidth to 150Mbit/s. Correct me if I'm wrong. Any motherboard recommendation? I'd be happy to hear your insights, folks! Cheers! -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlwzFRoACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH/vLwf+KZmm1NlJZBS+RKYMXXzj2p9ZQrL4QfLATpQmCJSMGiSoWGfTC07VrYe/ ep83mpHYqAC1lFtI4hYcSfny/xmHGOXCZlHYKMxz1WuVXb9E/LERiAavFTbj6Qrq JCY7ZtKO5VuirEw8krIna12hOGv3SGtsyYgXGHBVOzDrIN/45RLwKpPplDs04qBU mP2cbMHB+vmd1HGSlBEGDpfqDc+QcqQv2w3S65YMcLFFSF0dpSq9KDPh5AK2dDmM KLyani1NaUe8Id+8xuWfGHSZBcNMipY4ovTlU4/Kx65/uMj15/SZYDv0GlKWkYpg SbqwEwhdIZy3EKWWrW9TIkmuShXF8A== =lFIk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--