Reply 20 of 51, by feipoa
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Ubuntu 18.04 hasn't dropped AGP support - I said that the Unity desktop environment doesn't appear to work with AGP cards (when I tested it on my P4 Prescott - 32-bit - 7900GS). It worked with the GNOME3 environment in 32-bit though. For all I know, it is just Unity which doesn't work with AGP cards in 32-bit. I need to test 64-bit mode. Would you upgrade a whole motherboard just to keep the Unity desktop environment? I wouldn't and dropping it is one of my fall back options.
On my AsRock 939Dual-SATA2, which is the board in question, it is 64-bit. Opteron 185 / FX60. What I have learned with Linux is that before you test anything, make a clone of your HDD and do all of this risky testing on your clone. I need to do more testing with a cloned HDD on the 939. Another thing I can say is that just because the live CD works, doesn't mean the installed OS will work because of all the multitude of updates which come thereafter.
Three years will go by before we all know it. In fact, we all will be dead before we know it too. I like to be prepared (for death too!). The main purpose of the thread was looking for x16 splitters. When it comes to looking for oddball hardware, I have realised that sooner is always better. Remember those PCI-X to PCIe adapters that were available just 3 years ago? They be gone now. If there exist internal x16 splitters, I want to source them now. I can work with any of those A-E limitations, but I want to prepare for the best case.
I don't view this as difficult. I find it more fun if anything. I've been knee deep in linux configuration for the past 4 months straight and every little thing I want to accomplish requires pain staking research and tinkering. In my opinion, linux is and always will be a beta OS. If you're going to use it, buck up. The question posed is merely a small drop of spit in the mighty Pacific.
Plan your life wisely, you'll be dead before you know it.