Perry,
I do not believe that a Celeron is faster that a Pentium III.
There is a difference in cache architecture.
- Note: I could be wrong, but that's the way I remember it.
Greg
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 11:09 AM
To: Nima
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Subject: Re: Redhat Linux6.o for athlon
Nima,
Although your comments are off topic for this list, there is no reason to
unload
some linux zealoutry on you ;)
The Athlon should run Linux fine. It doesn't have any optimizations from a
kernel
standpoint, but that'll come in time.
My personal preference is for Redhat 6.0, not 6.1 (the GUI installer is lame
for
old timers).
If you get an athlon, you're going to be paying for floating point
performance,
and not neccessarily everyday speed. You can save yourself a tremendous
amount of
money by purchasing a Celeron 550, that'll whoop a p3 550, sans coppermine.
--Perry
>
> Hi,
>
> Since I am new to Linux, I have a few questions before I buy myself a PC.
>
> I bought my self redhat linux 6.0 some time back. Is it possible to
install
> this on a AMD Athlon processor? or do I have to get the 6.1 version?
>
> OR is it best to buy a PentiumIII processor with a BX board?
>
> Thanking you in advance!
>
>
> Nima
>
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