Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 5700X system

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Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 5700X system

Post by Raveolution » 2021/03/09 06:03:45

I want to yank Windows off this machine and go straight to Linux but I hear Centos 8 is still lacking stuff like Mate/Marco and temp sensors among other things.

Has anyone had experience with this cpu and Centos 7.8? Am I going to be sorry, happy or am I in for a lot of trouble to get working?
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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 3900X system

Post by TrevorH » 2021/03/09 10:25:23

I went to Fedora to get everything on my 3700x system supported. CentOS 8 goes EOL at the end of this year so it's not really an alternative. CentOS 7 may work but you won't have a working k10temp module and ECC RAM won't be recognized by the o/s (though it probably still works at the hardware level).
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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 3900X system

Post by P_I » 2021/03/09 15:45:44

Raveolution wrote:
2021/03/09 06:03:45
Has anyone had experience with this cpu and Centos 7.8? Am I going to be sorry, happy or am I in for a lot of trouble to get working?
What CentOS 7.8 when CentOS 7.9 is the most current? [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (2009) on the x86_64 Architecture
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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 3900X system

Post by Raveolution » 2021/03/09 18:25:29

TrevorH wrote:
2021/03/09 10:25:23
I went to Fedora to get everything on my 3700x system supported. CentOS 8 goes EOL at the end of this year so it's not really an alternative. CentOS 7 may work but you won't have a working k10temp module and ECC RAM won't be recognized by the o/s (though it probably still works at the hardware level).
Darn, I thought C7 EOL was 2024? I mis-judged that one! :oops: :shock: Anyway last time I used Fedora it was terrifyingly unstable with regards to installing apps via Yum. Centos is so incredibly stable. Then there's the constant OS replacements/upgrades that wrecked me every time I tried. I was able to move from Centos 6 to 7 fairly easy in comparison.
P_I wrote:
2021/03/09 15:45:44
What CentOS 7.8 when CentOS 7.9 is the most current? [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (2009) on the x86_64 Architecture
Yes, true, my bad, I just did an update and there it is, 7.9! Does it play well with Ryzens of that level?

Also stupid typos, it's the Ryzen 5700 not 3900. I traded away my 3900 lol

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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 5700X system

Post by TrevorH » 2021/03/09 19:15:02

Yeah, I don't think you want to try a 5xxxX processor with CentOS 7. I've seen reports that it crashes on boot and Red Hat's support of AMD processors is lacking.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 3900X system

Post by jlehtone » 2021/03/09 19:54:20

Raveolution wrote:
2021/03/09 18:25:29
TrevorH wrote:
2021/03/09 10:25:23
CentOS 8 goes EOL at the end of this year
Darn, I thought C7 EOL was 2024? I mis-judged that one! :oops: :shock:
C7 EOL remains 2024. CentOS Linux 8 EOL is 2021. CentOS Stream 8 has EOL 2024, presumably.
The "focus of project did shift" last December. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=76599

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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 3900X system

Post by Raveolution » 2021/03/11 02:43:49

jlehtone wrote:
2021/03/09 19:54:20
Raveolution wrote:
2021/03/09 18:25:29
TrevorH wrote:
2021/03/09 10:25:23
CentOS 8 goes EOL at the end of this year
Darn, I thought C7 EOL was 2024? I mis-judged that one! :oops: :shock:
C7 EOL remains 2024. CentOS Linux 8 EOL is 2021. CentOS Stream 8 has EOL 2024, presumably.
The "focus of project did shift" last December. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=76599
Okay I'm way out of the loop, C8 EOL is earlier than C7 EOL? What is this Centos Stream I am seeing on the Centos web page? I've been asking all the wrong questions with this thread, it seems. Please excuse me, it's obvious that I've been hiding in a Centos 7 meta-bunker way too long.

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Re: Got Centos 7.8, planning to put it on a Ryzen 5700X system

Post by TrevorH » 2021/03/11 08:09:10

Red Hat acquired CentOS back in about 2014 and announced in December last year that they were discontinuing CentOS Linux 8 at the end of 2021, about 8 years early. CentOS 7 will continue until it's correct EOL in 2024.

There is now a CentOS Stream which is "upstream" of RHEL and thus many of us consider it a beta version.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
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