[Sderby] Hardware help.

[Richard Taylor]

Mike Hemstock wrote:
> 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.

Just happens to suit my needs perfectly then! As this will be the main 
'linux box' for my needs, and it will only run linux, I think I'm liking 
the Athlon64 already.

I already have a couple of other boxes on my network if I ever need to 
run MS.

--
Richard