On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, dan wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 at 11:25AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >> I want to put together a 64-bit Linux server system using AMD chips >> (I'm assuming that would give maximum bang for the buck). I guess I >> could run Fedora Core 4 x64 version with multiple CPUs. What do you >> all think? Is FC4 a good choice? Is there another Linux distro that >> can use the 64-bit system? > > Debian unstable works just fine with 64-bit systems, from what I've > heard. Maybe testing or stable, too. Ah... http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ Thanks! > For CPUs, are you looking at Athlon 64s? Those are nice too, but I don't > know how they compare to Opterons, price- and performance-wise. I thought the Athlons were for single-processor systems. Now I'm not sure. Anyone know? I think maybe I need Opteron to use SMP. Mike