[Sderby] Hardware help.

[Mike Hemstock]

On Thursday 30 September 2004 16:13, Richard Taylor wrote:
> I'm new to the list, having been subscribed for about a week, and not
> having been to any meetings yet.
>
> That said, I was hoping that someone might want to offer me  some help.
> In the next couple of weeks, I plan on building myself a new machine
> which is going to be a linux-only system, not dual-boot like most of my
>    previous boxes have been. It's been ages since I last did any system
> building, and I was wondering if there's anyone in the LUG that would
> consider offering me their assistance in putting all of the various bits
> together?
>
> In addition to that, I'd also like advice from all of you on linux
> compatibility issues. I'm probably going with an Athlon-64 processor. Is
> there anyone on the list using Gentoo with the Athlon-64 archictecture?
> What about motherboards? Which chipsets are you using (if you have the
> Athlon-64) and how well supported is it? Lastly, what about SATA HDDs?
> Do they work under Linux?
>
> I don't want to spend my money on any components that won't work to
> their full potential with Linux, so if anyone has any testimonials, or
> horror stories, I'd love to hear them.
>
> --
> Richard

Think carefully about buying an Athlon64, there is currently only one 
operating system available which will support AMDs 64bit processor range.  I 
can't remember it's name, but I think it was written by Linus Torvalds!

Mike.