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The Coder
09-20-2005, 02:56 PM
Other than Ubuntu, can anyone else provide me a list of good distros that will work with an AMD Athlon 64? Thanks.
afaiq
09-20-2005, 03:00 PM
Other than Ubuntu, can anyone else provide me a list of good distros that will work with an AMD Athlon 64? Thanks.
I have been told that SuSE 10 RC1 for x86-64 is an excellent distro. Haven't used it personally, but I have been using SuSE10rc1 32 bit for the last fe weeks and have been very happy with it.
dkeav
09-20-2005, 03:40 PM
http://www.us.debian.org/ports/amd64/

https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html
crow2icedearth
09-20-2005, 05:40 PM
gentoo has 64 bit http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml
The Coder
09-22-2005, 09:48 AM
Oh yeah, Gentoo, I wanted to try that distro. I would love to do a stage 1 install, but it requires an internet connection. I have one, but it is only dial up. I don't understand why it needs an internet connection, it has the compiler and some necessary packages. I wish it just left it at that and I would download the individual packages.
CoffeeMan
09-22-2005, 12:04 PM
You can do a Gentoo install without a fast connection, just buy the cd with a stage3 on it that has been optimized for the AMD64. The DVDs from the Gentoo store contain the sources for KDE last time I checked. SuSE would be another good one if you don't like waiting for source to compile or just want an easier setup.
dannybunkins
09-22-2005, 05:40 PM
has anybody tried slamd64? I dont yet have my 64 bit system and was wondering if anybody had tried it yet. Maybe you could that a try and then let us know how it goes.
nikodell
09-22-2005, 08:46 PM
I have been told that SuSE 10 RC1 for x86-64 is an excellent distro. Haven't used it personally, but I have been using SuSE10rc1 32 bit for the last fe weeks and have been very happy with it.
I would scond that works great for me all works well so far except for some trouble with getting mp3 and DVD under xine working as i had to compile the packages for myself. All said and done it is fast and stable.
crow2icedearth
09-23-2005, 01:41 PM
Oh yeah, Gentoo, I wanted to try that distro. I would love to do a stage 1 install, but it requires an internet connection. I have one, but it is only dial up. I don't understand why it needs an internet connection, it has the compiler and some necessary packages. I wish it just left it at that and I would download the individual packages.
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gentoo is a distro that needs a good internet connection. its uses the portage package manger. and in my opinion the best package manager period !!!!!!!!!!!!. no other package manger is even close.

doing a stage one isnt to complexs . as long as you make sure to
emerge --sync the portage tree . lol
i forgot to do that and was wondering why my stage one was failing because it was looking for a outdate packages.

you should get a stage 3 dvd and install it . best distro .