[KLUG Members] Athlon/Opteron 64

[Tim Gray]

I haven't looked at a x86_64 distro yet, but just being compiled for 64-bit 
processing is supposed to grant at least some improvement in performance.

On Fri March 12 2004 10:49 am, Nikolas Reist wrote:
> I have yarrow as well, however, I was just curious to see if there were
> enhancements to the kernel that are not in the i386 versions.  I might
> try to grab the iso's for redhat's amd64 version and see how it works.
> All of this is hypathetical at this point.  I just quoted a server to
> our IS guy and I am awaiting approval.
>
> Tim Gray wrote:
> >As an amendment to my earlier response where I stated that I hadn't DL'ed
> > any of the AMD64 oriented discs:
> >
> >I have disk 1 and 2 of Fedora Yarrow downloaded and md5 checked.  Disc 3
> > is 36% of the way done.
> >
> >I live in Cutlerville, work in Kentwood (Grand Rapids area).  If you want
> > a burn we might be able to work something out.
> >
> >Before anyone says anything... I haven't been able to make it to KLUG
> >meetings, so just swapping CD's there isn't feasible.
> >
> >On Fri March 12 2004 7:37 am, Nikolas Reist wrote:
> >>Is there a specialized version of RedHat that I will require if I build
> >>a system with an AMD 64?
> >>
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