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64-bit Linux On The Opteron

Posted by timothy on from the unchecked-envy dept.

JigSaw writes "A few moths ago Robert Minvielle put to test AMD's Opteron regarding its 64-bit Linux compatibility. The results back then were not very positive but he is now back testing more 64-bit updated distros: Gentoo, SuSE, Mandrake, Red Hat and Fedora. And this time the results are more positive with Linux offering good Opteron support where Windows-64 doesn't seem to. FreeBSD also lists the AMD64 platform as a tier-1 architecture."

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  1. Well... by i_am_syco · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was always preferable to Linux over Windows on 64-bit processors. Of course, I'm talking about the G5...

    1. Re:Well... by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

      The system I can build with the Athlon 64 completely blows away the G5 tower.

      Just the processor-fan alone in an AMD system can blow just about aything away - I use my old Athlon system as a leaf blower now and then.

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      Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  2. moths by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A few moths ago

    Even 64-bit Linux doesn't prevent spelling mistakes on Slashdot.

    1. Re:moths by prockcore · · Score: 3, Funny

      A few moths ago

      Even 64-bit Linux doesn't prevent spelling mistakes on Slashdot.

      No no, he's implying that it's buggy.

  3. Re:Windows 64 by zulux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows has a native 64-bit version but Intel have prompted MS to delay the release until they can come up with a competitive processor.

    Actually, the delay in Windows64 was trying to come up with a new prefix for all the hungarian-notaion in their code.

    I think they settled on the following for a 64 bit pinter to a string: pllpsexsfeString

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    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  4. Re:FYI No benchmarks by BJH · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been benchmarking the opteron for the last week, it is at least 26% faster on high mysql load vs a comparably priced opteron system.

    Really? That's a neat trick ;)

  5. Re:128-bit? quantum computers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Let me consult my crystal ball...

    Yes, we will. Keep in mind, "near future" is relative. The universe is really, really old.

  6. Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quake, of course! What else is there?

  7. Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sun? SuSE? Funny, I seem to remember hearing Sun had their own OS in development. Called Sol-something... I think it'll be big.

  8. Re:Market Share by kryonD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah....now that I think about it, the automobile industry hasn't really revolutionized much at all considering they still use that silly wheel invention.

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    I've dirtied my hands writing poetry, for the sake of seduction; that is, for the sake of a useful cause. --Dostoevsky
  9. Re:4GB of addressable RAM ...is simply not enough by SparklesMalone · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want to play Civ IV with 18 million terrabytes of addressable memory. Paris is is researching Creme Brulee, Liverpool is building the mod haircut, and there is a coppertone shortage in Pismo Beach.

    Is there a word for a mega-terrabyte?

  10. Re:Awesome by skegg · · Score: 5, Funny

    What kind of demos did they show to bring you to the conclusion that "performance is very, very good"?

    ... they ran Java ...

  11. Re:Opteron and *BSD by ninjaz · · Score: 2, Funny
    The OpenBSD project isn't just working on amd64, they even wrote a song about it. :-)

    Like other Barbarians before him, Puff has had to face some pretty crazy challenges.

    This song is an allegory of the recent difficulties we went through dealing with Sun, who refused our request for documentation about their UltraSPARC III processors. We want documentation, because these are the fastest processors with a per-page eXecute bit in the MMU, needed to fully support our new W^X security feature.

    In the meantime, the AMD Hammer has come onto the scene, and this processor supports an eXecute bit in 64-bit mode. And it is going to be faster...