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-# Build time!
-
-After thinking about it for quite some time, my girlfriend and I finally
-got a nice desktop PC. This is our first build, and the first time I
-open up a desktop PC in 10 years or so!
-
-![A low-quality picture of my desk with the new PC](desk.jpg)
-
-## Specs
-
-* CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (8 cores / 16 threads, 3.8GHz base / 5.3GHz Boost)
-* GPU: Asus AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8GB dedicated memory)
-* RAM: 2x32GB
-* SSD: 2TB NVMe
-
-We (especially my girlfriend) play some games, but not the newest AAA
-titles, and we are definitely willing to sacrifice some graphics quality.
-So we went for some "best bang for the buck" CPU and GPU, paying attention
-to the power usage, too.
-
-I also write code for fun, and for one of my hobby projects I would like
-to experiment with different sizes of RAM, so I wanted at least 32GB. We
-ended up getting 64 because we had some money left in our budget and we
-did not need (or want) a better (and more power-hungry) CPU or GPU.
-
-With the case and all the peripherals, including a pretty good 27"
-screen, we got it for less than 1400€, which I think is a good price.
-
-## Building it up
-
-We were a bit scared of putting all the pieces together. My girlfriend
-has never done it, and the last time I assembled a
-PC it was back in the days of spinning hard drives with
-[IDE connectors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA)
-and motherboard
-[beep codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test#Progress_and_error_reporting).
-You know, when the PC kindly told you in pseudo-morse code exactly what
-was wrong. Those were the days!
-
-Nostalgia aside, the build process went pretty smoothly - except for
-a small cut on my middle finger. Here are some of the things I found
-interesting:
-
-### Black is the new green
-
-I remember mother boards and graphics card used to be all green, now not
-anymore! At least in our case, they are all black. Cool, I guess.
-
-### Tiny NVMe drive
-
-Modern NVMe drives are really small! I remember old hard disks being
-literal bricks - you would not want to drop one of those, lest it breaks
-your toes or damages the floor. Now you would not want to drop one for
-fear of loosing it under the sofa.
-
-### Fans everywhere
-
-The case has a fan, the CPU has a fan, the GPU has two. I don't remember
-there were this many fans in ~2009, but if it keeps my chips cool,
-I'll take it!
-
-### Damned RGB
-
-We (espcially me) do not like at all the modern "gamer aesthetics" that
-demand RGB lights everywhere. So we carefully chose components that had
-the no LEDs, or as little as possible. Unfortunately, the stock CPU fan
-has more lights than a Christmas tree. Our solid black case saves us here.
-
-### Ugly BIOS
-
-I mean, WTF is this screen?
-
-![A picture of my new PC showing the main BIOS screen](bios.jpg)
-
-It's like a B-tier early 2000s video game. I think the classic 80s
-style, curses-like graphics looked much better. But on the other hand,
-who cares.
-
-## Operating system
-
-We agreed on using Linux, because we are both Linux users, because all
-the games we would like to play work either natively or via proton,
-and because fuck you Microsoft and your crappy spyware.
-
-I use [Void](https://voidlinux.org/), but for a shared PC I would like
-something that "just works" with minimal setup. My girlfriend uses
-[Mint](https://linuxmint.com/), but she wanted to try out something
-new.  Debian seemed like a solid choice, and it is
-[very similar to Linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ocXFgowZA)
-(in case you can't click on the link or don't understand Italian, it's a joke).
-
-For the desktop environment we initially went for XFCE, but my
-girlfriend immediately disliked it because many administration tasks
-were counter-intuitive or just impossible (e.g. adding a new user). So
-we switched to KDE, and we are both reasonably satisfied with it. However,
-I am a bit disappointed to see that it is (still) a bit buggy - some of the
-first disappointments include: [Discover](https://apps.kde.org/discover/)
-failing to open, KDE "administrator" users not being able to use `sudo`,
-the [screen failing to turn off](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f37-kde-5-27-screen-doesnt-dim-nor-turn-off/73960)
-after the set timeout.  At least it is not as buggy as the inital KDE4
-release in 2008.
-
-## Build time?
-
-So, how long does it take to build Linux on my new Linux build?
-
-```
-$ sudo apt build-dep linux
-$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
-$ tar -xvf linux-6.5.7.tar.xz 
-$ cd linux-6.5.7.tar.xz
-$ make mrproper
-$ make defconfig
-$ time make -j16
-
-real    1m27.215
-user    17m57.806s
-sys     1m46.663s
-```