Dear John, I don't have any experience personally, but a close friend just bought an AMD64 box. He says that at the moment, biggest problem is that most binaries are compiled for i386, though 64-bit stuff is slowly coming. Debian's work-around is to install these applications into a chrooted environment with i386 libraries.
Gentoo is said to be the most advanced in 64-bit Linux at the moment, mainly because of its source-based nature. Of course, you can run everything for i386, you just don't get the full advantage of the 64-bit chip. Anyway, all these hassles will go away after time, and is to be expected when you're on the cutting edge of technology. regards, Robert On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 08:01:13 -0600 John Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently doing research for building a new Dual Opteron system. > Anyone on the list with positive/negative experience in using Linux > (esp. Debian based) on this type of machine please reply. I am > concerned about matching up hardware that all works. I plan to use > this as a server/workstation for personal use and will be doing some > design/CAD/CAM so huge amounts of memory are needed. I would > appreciate a list of hardware configurations that you currently have > working and any suggestions for specefic Debian dist. (yes, even > commercial) are appreciated. Consider the term "Dream Machine" but > temper it with real "currently working" technology-- > John Foster -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
