Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:
1-Regarding OS, is "Fedora Core 64bit" a good option for AMD Athlon 64 X2
4200+?
sure. distros are just desktop decoration, and anything recent will
perform equally well. you do probably want 64b, but that's not rare.
Think carefully about what it is you are looking to do. Fedora is
relatively "bleeding edge" and has a very short lifetime - typically a
year or 18 months of support. If you are looking to build a large
I agree with what Andrew says.
I would give some very serious consideration to
SuSE Linux - which has a reputation for better support for 64-bit
processors and the latest SATA/SAS controllers.
There is the free professional version or SLES.
On the Redhat side, give consideration to Redhat Enterprise.
Or one of the Redhat-alike recompiles. I'm hinting at Scientific Linux
here. Yes, SL 4 may not have the very latest leading edge kernel, but it
does have a long suport lifetime.
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