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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. when dual-64 will hit the shelves? by Janek+Kozicki · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm anxoius to buy myself a brand new dual opteron toy (it will be worth replacement for my good 4 years old abit VP6 with dual P3).

    now, I just wanted to ask if anybody has a clue when I could expect them in my retail store...

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  2. Re:Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    G5 == old and busted. AMD Opteron == new hotness.

    Unless Steve Jobs announces 50% price cuts on all the Apple desktop products across the board at Macworld in January I will be buying myself a shiny new Athlon 64 FX-51 setup soon afterwards. The system I can build with the Athlon 64 completely blows away the G5 tower.

  3. SuSE? Beta Software? by Czernobog · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just stopped reading there. This was the last thing I will ever read OSNews. Until I hear they have got rid of their dogmatisms and their heads out of their respective asses.

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  4. repeat after me... by 7-Vodka · · Score: 0, Troll
    repeat after me...

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    Obstacle.

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