On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 06:15:55PM -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:01:20 -0600, Forest Fisher wrote: > > > I just got a new laptop for x-mas that runs on an AMD Athlon XP-M processor. It's > > a new processor designed specifically to minimize energy use for laptops. I was > > hoping to run Debian GNU/Linux on my laptop, but the official website indicates > > that the latest release is not built for the Athlon architecture. Nonetheless, > > there are other webpages claiming to have "athlon builders." I'm a newbie, and > > it's not clear to me what an "Athlon Builder" really is. Does this mean that if I > > download the Athlon Builder I can run Debian on my system or is this processor > > simply not supported by Debian? Finally, if Athlon processors aren't supported by > > Debian, does anyone know another GNU/Linux OS that I could run on my system. > > Thanks a bunch, > > > > Forest > > Debiian runs fine on Athlons. The ...-k7 kernels are the Athlon ones. >
After you get your hand of things, you may want to get a 2.6 kernel or build you own 2.4 with the cpufreq patch and install some power management daemons to get the full advantage of the battery saving abilities of the M cpu (reduce clock frequency and voltage of the cpu). I don't think there is an easy way yet though so you better get used to linux first before you go that way. > -- > ....................paul > > And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his > glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace > and truth. > - John 1:14, KJV > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
