On Mon, 12/1/2025 3:22 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA>
It's like, 54 minutes long.
[ Transcription provided by:
https://notegpt.io/youtube-transcript-generator ] [ Fewer errors than the STT program I used the last time. Still the odd word garbled. ]
00:00:00
Arguably, there can be no perfect Linux PC. But what we can build
is the perfect Linux PC for the creator of Linux, who
...
00:00:41
I had no idea what he'd say. I mean, he's kind of a big deal, known for
minor contributions to modern technology like Git and the Linux kernel, but
he's here, the granddaddy of the operating systems that power everything
from the Android phone in your hand to data centers around the world to more
recently your new gaming PC. All thanks to the incredible work of open source
developers and corporate sponsors like Valve. And I get to build a computer ...
You haven't written anything more recent autobiographically, so I went with this
...
00:06:19
We are starting with an AMD Thread Ripper. this time a 9960X.
This is a 24 core, 48thread CPU that I imagine is going to absolutely
rip it up for writing emails.
...
00:44:25
64 gigs of RAM all showing up. That's a good sign. [4 RAM channels * 16GB each, ECC:ECC RAM]
...
00:46:49
want a distro that just installs and just works and the only thing I will replace
is actually the kernel. Follow-up question to that then that was on the Reddit was,
do you think that the advantage of having a million different distros out there is also as disadvantage for Linux
...
00:53:56
That will give people some idea what's in the video. You could dial ahead
to 6:19 and get some idea what they're doing there. And some Linux related comments come in after the BIOS screen appears at 44:25 .
And Linus Torvalds will know how to get at the status word that
indicates whether the outer ECC protection is working properly.
That's important when you waste the time tracking down all
the issues getting ECC to work.
Paul
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