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I’m planning to build a computer primarily for programming and want to ensure it’s upgradeable for the future. and Hardware with opensource drivers support.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It depends highly on what you will be programming.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Low level programming C, rust and Machine Learning programming with Python. No need of huge graphics card.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure that serious ML doesn't need a huge graphics card.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

ML means you need a beefy GPU. That could always be a secondary addition though - add it in later as an external GPU and call it good.

[–] sga 7 points 3 months ago

well even a raspberry pi would be enough, except for ML

depending on what exactly in ML, and what our the sizes of datasets involved?, like i did some work, but for me 8 GiB RAM was enough, but if you want to do larger databases, you would need somewhat good GPU (essentially large matrix multipliers) with plenty of VRAM

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Low level programming C

Could be pretty much any computer

rust

Need a lot of memory (8-16 GB) if you are planning on dissecting any existing projects

Machine Learning programming with Python

Start with colab / huggingface and get a feel for what level of hardware you need for the stuff you’re doing before you start buying stuff

If you want just a general high quality system with upgradability etc, frame.work or System76 are supposed to be good high end providers.