Subj : Re: Which version of Linux for AMD?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : frvnieuw _AT_ infogroep _DOT_ be
Date : Sat Aug 07 2004 10:57 pm

Dave wrote:

> Hi,
> I recently purchased a HP laptop with a 64 bit AMD processor(3000+). I
> am a relative newbie to Linux and would like to know which free
> distribution of Linux is the best to install for this. I have been
> using RH 8.0 for sometime but I would like to know whether it is
> compatible with the AMD processor. Thanks for any suggestions...
> 
> Dave

In the configuration of a kernel , you can choose the processor type. As 
a consequence the kernel will be compiled and optimized for that 
architecture / processor type, with this you have immediately the most 
important optimization for a kernel.

If you prefer to use a pre-compiled kernel in packages provided by a 
distribution, you should browse the kernel packages of your distribution 
and choose a kernel for AMD processors. Of course you can use a more 
generic kernel, that's no problem.

So questioning that a certain distribution is "compatible" with a 
certain processor type, is wrong. It's the kernel (i.e. linux) that's 
relevant. No distribution is "more" "compatible" with AMD processors. 
Here also the difference between linux and GNU/Linux comes around, but I 
hope you'll get that by now.

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