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Old 12-15-2006, 08:13 PM   #1
d0ggi3
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Best distribution for an AMD64 X2 processor?

I'm currently running Fedora Core 5 and have been for a year now on my AMD X2 system. I've gone through a variety of distributions on previous systems, but don't have much experience on this particular architecture. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good distribution? Thanks
 
Old 12-15-2006, 08:16 PM   #2
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Gentoo, but Fedora should work well.
 
Old 12-15-2006, 08:25 PM   #3
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By now all major distros have a 64-bit release ... They all have their strengths and weaknesses just like the 32-bit versions.
 
Old 12-16-2006, 04:01 AM   #4
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look for a distro that is for AMDx86-64.

regards and seasons greetings shorty943
 
Old 12-16-2006, 06:48 PM   #5
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SUSE
http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org

Fedora
http://fedora.redhat.com/

Gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/

Kanotix
http://kanotix.com/

Kubuntu
www.Kubuntu.org

Knoppix64
http://www.applia.fr/contents/knoppix64.html

Gnoppix
http://www.nongnu.org/gnoppix/
 
Old 12-18-2006, 12:55 AM   #6
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Debian is working very nicely for me...well at least with my single core amd64!
 
Old 12-18-2006, 11:20 PM   #7
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thanks for the help. i haven't switched distributions yet... but i'm looking forward to it. fedora is way to bulky
 
  


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