From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: New POWER9 machines for the Guix build farm? Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:52:57 -0500 Message-ID: <20191128165257.GA18583@jasmine.lan> References: <871rtsakoq.fsf@nckx> <06cd201c-0cf1-1e7c-998b-c876eed59a29@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33759) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iaN2X-0005my-LW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:53:46 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iaN2R-0007uq-Hg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:53:10 -0500 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:56395) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iaN2P-0007NO-2T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:53:07 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <06cd201c-0cf1-1e7c-998b-c876eed59a29@web.de> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Jonathan Brielmaier Cc: Guix Devel On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:57:19AM +0100, Jonathan Brielmaier wrote: > I own now a RaptorCS Blackbird[0] with an 8 core CPU and 32GiB RAM for > half a year. I use it as my daily desktop driver. It runs openSUSE > Tumblweed[1]. > > Setup was quite easy if you only want to use it as server without an > GPU. You only need a long enough (ca 15cm) 4mm hex key to screw the fan > on to the CPU. I could borrow mine. > > The rest of the installation and setup process wasn't that different > from installing a x86 server. The nice thing is the openBMC chip, so > remote management is quite nice :) > > All in all the biggest pain point for me, was getting the machine > through the customs. But I heard from people in the EU who had a pretty > smooth experience with that. > > I offer my help in the whole process (ordering, customs, setup, > installation, maintenance). It's good to hear this kind of positive experience about these new machines!