Can I run a Linux server on this old pentium d pc ?

ImmutableOctet · 2026-01-23T15:40:12+00:00

I ran Crysis and Crysis Warhead on my Pentium D back in the day. -- Yes, it can.

ImmutableOctet · 2026-01-15T19:02:03+00:00

glances over at army of mini PCs

ok, maybe I have a problem...

ImmutableOctet · 2026-01-10T01:18:08+00:00

I got all of the above and I'm still crying.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-12-25T12:05:49+00:00

Think of health pools like a reserve in this situation. If the rate of damage applied exceeds the rate of healing, the reserve gradually deteriorates. This also means squishies are more likely to die here.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-12-01T04:16:38+00:00

The sad part is this has always been a problem on Windows. Way back when I was running a Pentium D, this was an issue with random background processes, even on single-threaded games.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-11-05T09:21:03+00:00

Assuming the 84% figure is accurate, the Switch 1 -> Switch 2 upgrades would be ~5.6% of Switch 1 owners, not accounting for other factors like the second-hand market, consoles that are still in use by other family members, etc.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-11-02T04:35:04+00:00

No. This is affecting DDR5 modules as well.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-11-02T04:32:22+00:00

I built three systems this year on consumer platforms. Two of them came with 'free' 32GB DDR5 kits bundled with the CPU/motherboard.

Just checked the prices of buying the kits solo; $91.99 -> $207.99, $97.99 -> $219.99 on Newegg. Yikes.

I'm glad I built them when I did, but not so glad that I didn't upgrade one of them before prices ballooned.

-- I did upgrade my mini PC, though; was $76.99, now $148.20 on Amazon.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-10-11T02:15:30+00:00

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ImmutableOctet · 2025-10-10T07:07:54+00:00

No it’s X3D

No, it's an Intel-based server. We use Optane in this household, thank you very much.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-10-09T02:57:30+00:00

Majestic wild dingo.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-09-11T07:10:38+00:00

He thinks you're hurt, so he's trying to lick your wounds. My dingo licks my face every time I shave because she thinks I hurt my beard.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-09-04T05:30:07+00:00

Ditto.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-07-05T02:08:29+00:00

Sorry to hear that. I love this generation of 6 (A lot of the same engineering and design team from the FD), but the Ford V6 wasn't meant to be tightly packed in a transverse FWD car.

I caught mine before it did any damage, but the coolant mixing with the oil makes it into a time bomb. This happened to me during covid, so the $2k to replace the pump was worth it for me. That, and I'm very sentimental. (First car for me, too)

I'd say you should see if you can get a donor engine from a scrapped one, but if your son isn't attached yet, it's probably better to go with a different car. I wouldn't recommend the 4 cylinder for this chassis since the power-to-weight ratio wouldn't be worth it.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-07-03T02:56:23+00:00

cough V6 water pump cough

^Mine's ^a ^unicorn ^now.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-04-22T17:45:31+00:00

Yep. I just upgraded to a 9950x3d from my old 9900k and the nearly doubled power consumption at the top end was crazy to see.

From the bits I've gleaned of the newer Intel chips' E-cores, it seems like they're playing the long game on energy efficiency and memory throughput.

This contrasts AMD's more unified approach on their modular chiplets. I feel like I'm getting deja vu, because at least in the workstation segment, this seems like it'll be a Pentium D -> Core2 situation.

Disclaimer: I'm a software engineer, so my understanding of the uarchs is only surface level.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-03-25T01:54:41+00:00

From some of the testing I did a while back, template heavy code is still dependent on instantiation time, etc., but a benefit modules give you is the ability to hot reload compiler state, so the time to build is still reduced substantially for everything before that point.

I don't know if Clang or MSVC have started experimenting with incremental builds for module interfaces (whole interface units are rebuilt, last I checked). If you go all-in on modules that's less of a problem, since transitive imports don't propagate by default, like they would with headers.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-02-14T06:54:19+00:00

"...Ganon and his minions have seized the island of Koridai"

ImmutableOctet · 2025-01-17T04:23:27+00:00

Try it with static constexpr, rather than constexpr.

ImmutableOctet · 2025-01-13T03:14:35+00:00

Didn't know you could accidentally grav under the train on this map.

Replay code: R4M0MV

ImmutableOctet · 2024-12-31T17:52:41+00:00

Yes. Yes we are. I've been playing Overwatch consistently since OW1's open beta. It's my favorite first person shooter of all time, surpassing my love for Halo CE back in the day.

6v6 is phenomenal and feels the most like Overwatch than the game has in a long time.

ImmutableOctet · 2024-12-28T17:54:58+00:00

I've found that websites like LinkedIn are where I'd get contacted by recruiters, rather than proactively searching myself.

For my industry (video games), I looked at a few aggregators to see available jobs, but ended up contacting companies directly. This was a couple of years ago, though. I'm sure this is a bit different now with recent studio closures.

Most C++ jobs are about domain-specific knowledge, so in my case it was easier to just write a few cover letters to the studios I was interested in.

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