Quote Originally Posted by NKrader View Post
always ubuntu for some reason.

and there is a step by step on there that anubis used and it worked for the same hardware, i copy paste the same stuff no work..

silly linux always making the mundane easy stuff the hardest part.. to undervolt in

windows
install program
open
click button
DONE

linux
type this command
type this command
type this command
type this command
type this command
look around for a while
type this command
you might have to type this command
type this command
type this command
see if it works, if it doesnt start again...

lol, im gonna get these working.. also im going to be running them on wireless so that should be fun..
It also allows you to run all those commands into a script and transform the whole command list into ./dostuff.sh without the little issue of infecting yourself with every virus and trojan under the sun from that Windows double-click install.

I compile software now and then on my Slackware machine using the SlackBuild system. You just download the build script and source code and use the command ./<programname>.SlackBuild and it creates a package that will install the program and let you uninstall and update it as well. Most of the time you don't need to do any compiling though as there are thousands of binary packages you can just install and go. With Mint, Ubuntu etc they have pretty good dependency management so you don't need to worry about that. Slackware, however, does not hold your hand.

I also really don't trust anything as insecure as Windows to have direct access to my hardware. Once you have the capacity to directly alter clock and voltage settings from the OS, one malicious virus and your expensive CPU is toast.