[Nouveau] hardware donation

[Linux User #330250]

On 11 Nov 2021, 09:08, Uwe Sauter wrote:
>> Hi!
>> Sorry for the late reply. I don't have the time at the moment, but I
>> will try the newest Debian testing on that system and report back. If
>> that does work, it is an option to actually keep the system and use it
>> as originally intended.
>>
>> If it doesn't work, I'm thinking about 1) Fedora and 2) Gentoo (because
>> that's what I normally use). Even though the later would be quite time
>> consuming, I'd certainly get the newest available sources to the hardware.
>
> Hi,
>
> if you don't have time to compile a whole new Gentoo system then take a look at Arch Linux where you
> will find the latest kernel release only a few days after there were released.
>
> I was using Gentoo for many years but it became too time consuming and the change to Arch was time
> well spent (in regards to how much time I need now to keep the systems up to date).
>
> (This post's intention is not to start discussions regarding distributions, only to bring awareness
> to Arch as rolling update distribution using the newest kernel and drivers.)
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Uwe
>

Thanks, I'll definitely consider it. I've wanted to try Arch for years
now, the Wiki is wonderful and I hear the distribution is as well. On my
current Linux boxes the updates don't take that much time really. Also,
what I do on one computer is more or less a template of how to proceed
on another, so it really isn't /that/ much work, except for the
compiling, but that's mostly the CPUs work... ;-)

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion! I almost forgot about Arch... /Shame
on me/

Linux User #330250