Linux for AMD Athlon 750 Mhz Processor

adridil · 03-19-2004, 07:04 AM

Do i need a special release or distribution to run linux with the above mentioned processor.
Can anyone tell me if the latter is a 64bit processor. Are the informations provided by the AMD 64 Homepage applicable to the AMD Athlon 750Mhz processor?

aaa · 03-19-2004, 07:09 AM

No. I run a Duron 750 (a slower athlon). Both are not 64-bit. Any x86 Linux distro should work (though you'll have to worry about speed). I doubt the stuff on the AMD64 page have anything to do with your Athlon. What were you worried about in particular?

adridil · 03-19-2004, 07:22 AM

I have just seen that Suse has released a Linux for the Athlon64 so i want to if there is a special Linux for the Athlon32.
I am thinking about doing the right move, install Linux on my 3year old computer or buy a G4 Mac with yellow dog Linux preinstalled.

aaa · 03-19-2004, 07:34 AM

Athlon is different from Athlon64. The old athlons (athlon, athlonxp...) will run almost any distro fine. if you want something with everything optimized for Athlon, look into Gentoo Linux.

kobs · 03-19-2004, 10:39 AM

I second gentoo if you want an athlon based distro...but otherwise...i suggest slackware

BigDummy · 03-19-2004, 11:06 AM

How easy is Gentoo to work with?
I have a laptop with an AthlonXP-M, would
that work more smoothly?

whansard · 03-19-2004, 11:11 AM

gentoo is a wonderful thing to watch, especially if you are a coder, but i wouldn't recommend it for a first timer unless you are really comfortable with the command line, and following instructions in a README. Get knoppix or mandrake. you will not be as likely to get frustrated.