good linux mobo advice

[Greg Neumann]

Meh, I'd welcome "old and slow" like that! Of course, I'm not really a 
power user of the newer stuff. Nice thing about Linux, you're off that 
tread wheel, like what you've got, and suddenly wake up and a whole 
generation of chips has passed you by! ;-)
... or maybe I'm just old and slow? :-P
-Greg

anthonyriga wrote:

>No troubles just my system is old and slow. I have
>been running a p3 733 with 512 ram Fed 4 and its
>getting tired. Just too slow.
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>--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
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>>What troubles were you having especially? What
>>distro were you using? We 
>>may be getting into the foray of 64bit and would be
>>either using FC4-64 
>>or if Jesse can persuade me maybe Ubuntu-64
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>>wpos2 at adelphia.net wrote:
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>>>If you're planning to run a RPM based 64-bit
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>>Linux, then get ready for some RPM hell, especially
>>if you want to install anything other than what
>>comes with your distro.  And good luck trying to get
>>the Flash plugin to work.
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>>>Otherwise, be prepared to enjoy the speed.  A unit
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>>of SETI at Home for me takes about 2 hours, compared
>>to about 12 on my P3 laptop.
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>>>I went with an Abit motherboard.  Of course I don't
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>>have any programs under Linux to tweak the settings
>>(i.e. overclock) that came from the factory.  I'm
>>sure there are programs out there, but refer to
>>Paragraph 1 of my reply.  So far, aside from a
>>problem in the boot process when Linux is detecting
>>the sound card and crashes, it's been a solid
>>system.
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>>>---- anthonyriga <torrodimerda at yahoo.com> wrote: 
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>>>>I am thinking about putting together new pc. What
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>>>>the risks using any of the 64bit processors with
>>>>linux?Any bugs? What mobo do you suggest? MSI
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>>,Tyan,
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>>>>Intel etc..? Just need a good place to start.
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>>Thanks! 
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