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   Ian Mclaughlin to Jeff Smith   
   BBBS and New Hardware?   
   15 May 15 21:43:00   
   
   > Hello All,   
   > I was wondering if anyone has any info on how BBBS works with new(er) PC   
   > hardware. I am in the process of building a new PC with todays available   
   > hardware. I will be installing 64 bit Ubuntu on the PC. Currently the PC will   
   > have a SSD boot drive and 2-4 TB's of SATA storage, an 8 or 10 core processor   
   >and a minimum of 16G's of Ram. I don't plan on playing any games or the like s   
   > the video will be a modest PCIe card with 2G onboard. I realize that   
   >BBBS depends alot on the OS for hardware compatibility. But to the degree that   
   > BBBS interacts with the PC hardware itself I was curious if there are any   
   >issues or limitations. I had noticed some minor issues with USB drivers and GU   
   > issues with previous installs of Ubuntu. Anyone have any thoughts?   
   > Jeff   
      
   I'm running BBBS on 64-bit CentOS 6 with no problems at all.  Your specs are   
   complete overkill for a BBBS machine, so if you're wanting to just run the BBS   
   in the background, you'll never even notice it running.   
      
   Ian   
      
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