Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-05 Thread Phil N
Thank you Che for those kind words. It was also a pleasure conversing with you and Linda as well, and I too look forward to next month. I forgot to ask - Even-though you are both exceptionally well versed in matters of science, should Linda require a science advisor for her books as another view p

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Che Dean
We had a really good time at today's Ubuntu hour. Good conversation was had with Phil. We discussed Ubuntu Touch on the Nexus 4, convergence, using your old hardware with Ubuntu for some number crunching with Boinc and we finished up the evening talking about A.I. and IoT. I have to say, Phil, you

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Phil N
Enjoying a cup of tea with Che and Linda at Broadway. Che has a cool Nexus phone which he installed Ubuntu touch on, come on down. Sorry to hear Tom has the Flu, get better soon we need your expertise. Ciao for now Phil. N /* * Sent from a system running Ubu

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Che Dean
We're on our way to Broadway. Looking forward to a cup of tea. On Fri, Mar 3, 2017, 3:16 PM THOMAS STANLEY < stanleyconstruction...@gmail.com> wrote: > I will not be attending, sick with the flu 😣 > > On Mar 3, 2017 3:06 PM, "Cody Smith" wrote: > > I won't be able to make it, I'll only be gettin

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread THOMAS STANLEY
I will not be attending, sick with the flu 😣 On Mar 3, 2017 3:06 PM, "Cody Smith" wrote: > I won't be able to make it, I'll only be getting home 15 minutes after I > need to leave to even make it late. Was asked to work a bit late. > > --c_smitg > > On Mar 3, 2017 2:46 PM, "Che Dean" wrote: > >

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Cody Smith
I won't be able to make it, I'll only be getting home 15 minutes after I need to leave to even make it late. Was asked to work a bit late. --c_smitg On Mar 3, 2017 2:46 PM, "Che Dean" wrote: > We're running a bit late and will miss Garten by about 10mins > unfortunately. So we'll see you at the

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Che Dean
We're running a bit late and will miss Garten by about 10mins unfortunately. So we'll see you at the coffee shop. On Thu, Mar 2, 2017, 11:59 PM Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > I'll check with my lady and see if I can coordinate a weekend to be down > there since here family is in Salem and ping the li

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-03 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
I'll check with my lady and see if I can coordinate a weekend to be down there since here family is in Salem and ping the list. On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Phil N wrote: > Yep it would be great to see Ben again, last time we met was back in 2012 > during the Ubuntu release party at Puppet L

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
Hi Phil, We're looking forward to it. We should be there before 3:00pm On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 23:27 Phil N wrote: > Hi Che, > Not sure the dual monitor stands are still there, they were 3 remaining > when I was last there two Fridays ago. > Last price I seen was $15/ea. > Looking forward to seein

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Phil N
Hi Che, Not sure the dual monitor stands are still there, they were 3 remaining when I was last there two Fridays ago. Last price I seen was $15/ea. Looking forward to seeing ya, let me know what time you'll be at Garten, and if time permits, we can meet up there like last time. I was planing on b

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Phil N
Yep it would be great to see Ben again, last time we met was back in 2012 during the Ubuntu release party at Puppet Labs. Thanks Ben for putting that on... I'd be willing to hang out till 8ish if Ben, Thomas, or other people from out of town wanted to venture over to Broadway Coffeehouse. As for G

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
Linda and me are open to weekend meetups, as long as we have a bit of notice. On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 20:32 Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > Hi All, > > Are you doing weekend meetups at all ever? If the timing were right I > might be able to make it down one weekend to say hi! > > > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Hi All, Are you doing weekend meetups at all ever? If the timing were right I might be able to make it down one weekend to say hi! On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Che Dean wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I didn't know about it either until Phil introduced us to it a couple of > months back. It's really

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
Hi Thomas, I didn't know about it either until Phil introduced us to it a couple of months back. It's really cool, very good for picking up bit n bobs. On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 19:37 Thomas Mashos wrote: > How am I just now finding out about this garten store in Salem? > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017, 7:32

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Thomas Mashos
How am I just now finding out about this garten store in Salem? On Thu, Mar 2, 2017, 7:32 PM Che Dean wrote: > Hi Phil, > Dual monitor stands ya say? I'd be interested in one of them. We have the > car booked I was just waiting for confirmation from you guys. > > Che > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 19

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
Hi Phil, Dual monitor stands ya say? I'd be interested in one of them. We have the car booked I was just waiting for confirmation from you guys. Che On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 19:25 Phil N wrote: > Hi everyone, > There will be the Salem Ubuntu Hour happing tomorrow at Broadway > Coffeehouse, located

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Phil N
Hi everyone, There will be the Salem Ubuntu Hour happing tomorrow at Broadway Coffeehouse, located at 1300 Broadway St NE, in Salem, from 6:00PM to 7:00PM. For anyone interested in GNU/Linux distributions, including our favorite Ubuntu distro. Of course, I'll also try to make it to the Garten sto

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
The new AMD chips do look incredible and they should drive the price of the older FX chips down. The important thing here is that they can compete with Intel again, we need competition in the market place. I'm actually itching to start building the new PC, I'll have to check out the condition of th

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Che Dean
I'm looking at building Linda's new PC with AMD. She currently has a Phenom II 965BE system. Is there a meeting tomorrow? On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 15:33 Ryein Goddard wrote: > That makes sense. I probably don't need to upgrade honestly because I > have 2 systems already, but it is just so cheap.

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Ryein Goddard
That makes sense. I probably don't need to upgrade honestly because I have 2 systems already, but it is just so cheap. I can build a new one for less then 1000 bucks and give my old system to my little brother or something. I have been keeping to the reddit ama going on. People are talking

Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Cody Smith
To be quite honest, I just bought a new motherboard and a 6300, so I'm not gonna rush out and make the stuff I bought useless anytime soon, besides, the Piledriver line is still solid, and you need a 4.10 kernel just to use SOME of the new features, AMD dropped the ball and didn't give specs to the

[Ubuntu Oregon] New AMD Ryzen CPUs

2017-03-02 Thread Ryein C. Goddard
I found this cool video if anyone had any confusion about the new AMD chips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sciuiEcrnzg&feature=youtu.be Personally I have a 8320 and have been waiting for a new chip coming out from AMD. I'm probably gonna get the 1700. Anyway, haven't seen any benchmarks fo