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Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> Greetings list, |
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> After my mobo fried, I decided to upgrade and buy a new one, with a |
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> new processor, I would get an Asus last generation with an Athlon 64 |
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> as processor and the rest inherit from my previous machine (so, |
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> compatible as far as I know). |
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> I've seen posts regarding imcompatibility issues with A64 and Gentoo, |
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> and heard about an specific division of Gentoo Foundation studying and |
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> developing for the A64. I'm kinda a "stable" user, so, I'm afraid of |
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> buying hardware that will still be tested and maybe encounter some |
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> weird errors. |
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> Any advice? |
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> PS: Nvidia would be my choice for video, anyone have suggestions? |
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Gentoo amd64 works great! The main place you might have difficulties is with IA32 dependent apps such as wine. If you need IA32 compatibility there is some info here: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/technotes/index.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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Also, for amd64 specific stuff, you can use the gentoo-amd64 mailing list. |
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Zac |
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