Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 07:03:06 03/05/05
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On March 05, 2005 at 08:17:24, Andrew Williams wrote: >On March 05, 2005 at 08:07:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >> >>I'm considering to install Linux on my machine (AMD64) to run alongside Windows >>(fed up waiting for 64 bit Windows). I see that there are just too many Linux >>distributions to choose from, and it's very hard to see the forest through the >>trees. Redhat seems to be the most popular distribution, but I see that it is no >>longer free. So, what would you recommend (64 bit support is a must of course)? >>I considered Fedora, SUSE, Mandrake... but frankly I have no idea which one to >>choose. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated. > >Hi Omid, > >I've used SUSE for many years. I bought the boxed set of v9.2 professional and >the installer on the DVD recognized my AMD64 3200 and installed the 64-bit >version of the Linux kernel for it. It works fine, but I've had problems getting >things like DVDs to play, as SUSE doesn't include the correct plugin, and most >plugins you find on the net are 32-bit. I think you can get a SUSE Live CD from >the internet and try it out without committing to buying or even installing it >on your disk. > >Andrew Andrew Any SATA drives working with SUSE? I am having difficulties with SATA on a Asus K8V (VIA southbridge controller rather than Promise) and Mandrake 10.1 x86_64 rc1. Frank
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