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Hardware Selection for AMD64 + Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the getting-it-working dept.

MrClever asks: "After a disaster involving my cat, a pot of coffee and my workstation, I am now in the market for a new machine. I thought I'd jump on the AMD64 wagon and keep running Linux. After some initial investigation, it became clear that ATi, Promise and other manufacturers don't have 64bit drivers for Linux, which rules out most motherboards with onboard P/SATA RAID, thus limiting my available choices. I know you can run 32bit on AMD64, but if I wanted that I'd get an AthlonXP. So, what AMD64 hardware is the best supported in 64bit mode under Linux? Seems NVidia have 64bit drivers, does anyone else?"

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  1. Re:Suggestion for AMD/Linux users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know it's improbable, but wouldn't it just be cool if Darl lurked and trolled on Slashdot?

  2. Movies way of destroying computer by shadowofdarkness · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please tell me you did not learn from movies about a destroyed computer. Unless you did get coffee in the tower.

    Since I hate in movies when someone pulls a gun and shoots a screen which magically destroys all the data on the computer

    1. Re:Movies way of destroying computer by daeley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Since I hate in movies when someone pulls a gun and shoots a screen which magically destroys all the data on the computer

      Unless of course it's a first edition iMac. :)

      --
      I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  3. Re:Software selection by aminorex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Grandpa's on crack again? Bummer. Well, at least
    that's better than my mom on meth.

    --
    -I like my women like I like my tea: green-