030609 Robert Crawford wrote: > I second Greg's fine advice - Linux hardware compatibily & stability > is generally one generation behind. > And, I always recommend AMD over Intel for both value and performance. > I've got two VIA kt333 boards, an ABIT, and an MSI, > with Athlon xp thoroughbred "B" cpus, > and both have been flawless performers with Linux.
thanx to you both. the advice i hear is (1) buy AMD (2) get 1 generation behind current ( c 6 mth back), (3) buy AMD (grin). i've heard re AMD before & it's probably like my own responses: "KDE? why don't you use Xfce! KMail? why don't you use Mutt!" so i will look seriously at the AMD processors, but neither of you said what version you use. under 'Athlon XP 333 MHz FSB' (at my favorite local store (no know Linux)) i see '2500+ Barton 512K L2 cache' at a good price; under '266 MHZ' there's '2400+' (no cache size) slightly cheaper. do these = 2.4 - 2.5 GHz a la Intel? will they work with Mdk 9.1 ? i have a price limit, but usability is the crucial determinant. any further thoughts? anyone else have experience which might help? > Monday 09 June 2003 19:50, Greg Meyer wrote: >> That's one of the problems with running bleeding edge hardware on Linux. >> I don't think you'll ever see immediate support for these new chipsets. >> Same thing happened to me with my KT400 board. >> 9.0 had problems with it, but 9.1 works awesome. >> It's gonna take one release cycle for the kernel to catch up >> Intel are too expensive & they don't support Linux like they shd. >>> i intend to re-use my present HDD (Quantum Fireball, 7200 rpm , 15 GB ), >>> which has dual-boot Mdk 9.0rc1 & Win98 systems (the latter rarely used); >>> also the AOpen GeForce2 graphics card & the PPPoE card for broadband. >>> i have downloaded Mdk 9.1 , in case i need to re-install on the new box >>> & anyway to install in the near future even if all goes well. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
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