I also agree. I just bought a AMD64 acer which is slower at 32-bit mode than my laptop from 2004. I would appreciate a 64 bit version as well. Ringo Kamens
On 3/2/07, Kevin Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've begun purchasing my next workstation piece-by-piece, and being a dual socket Opteron system on a Tyan motherboard, I'm interested in exactly the same thing, LinuxBIOS and AMD64 for gNewSense. I know that we can use the 32 bit, but having a native 64 bit version would be quite useful, I'm lending my support. :D -Kevin On 3/2/07, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just purchased a new machine, with the Gigabyte GA M57SLI-S4 > motherboard that will soon support LinuxBIOS, for a truly 100% Free > Software workstation. The FSF has just bought 2 of these motherboards > also, and is helping the LinuxBIOS project. > > The board supports a dualcore AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU, and so I'd like to > create an AMD64 version of gNewSense. > > If I do this, will the gNewSense project support a amd64 repository so > everyone else can benefit? :-) > > Machine Details > =========== > > Motherboard - Gigabyte GA M57SLI-S4 > > Memory - 1Gb (2x512MB) DDR2 667Mhz RAM (set up for Dual Channel Memory Mapping) > > Processor – Dual Core AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 1MB SKT-AM2, cooled by a > Scythe Mine Cooler (Rev B) quiet Heatsink which exhausts fan directly > out the rear of the PC. > > Antec Midi Case – Solo. Silver/black frontage. Sides/Top/Bottom very > high gloss, piano black finish. This high quality case places > emphasis on reducing noise emission. Fitted with 120mm controllable > rear exhaust fan complemented with two 92mm front intake silent fans . > This coupled with the 120mm fan in the PSU ensures excellent > cooling/thermal properties. Case is heavy but that's to be expected > of a quality case with sound dampening material. > > Hard Drive - Seagate HD Serial 250GB UDMA (SATA II) 300 7200RPM 16MB. > Mounted on top of silicon grommets to reduce noise/vibration. Option > exists to mount the hard drive on 'suspenders', but in all honesty, > the grommets work exceptionally well and provide a secure fixing for > transportation etc. Jumpers set to 3GB transfer rate (this can be > reduced back to the basic 1.5Gb if software limitations necessitate). > > Graphics Card – ASUS 256Mb (supporting 512Mb) Ati Radeon EAX550HM512; > Dual VGA, DVI and TV-Out > > Power Supply - Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500W A/PFC using modular > cabling system to reduce cabling and improve case airflow. Very quiet. > Consistent power output on all rails. > > Optical Drive 1 - ASUS DVD/CD Rom Drive > Optical Drive 2 – Sony/NEC DVDRW (DualLayer)/CD Writer, Cabling for > IDE Drives via Silver Round Cables instead of Ribbon Cables to aid > airflow. Front Audio, Firewire and USB Ports for simplified access. > > -- > Regards, > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users > > _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
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