Ubuntu has one as well, and is very desktop friendly
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
http://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/releases/warty/
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> Craig Brooksby wrote:
> >
> > Here's a dumb question for you hard core Linux types: I am a "Desktop
> > Joe" running Simply Mepis on an Athlon 64 box I just built. I assume
> > that Mepis treats it as a generic X86 processor.
>
> I don't know, but that would be my guess too.
>
> > So: do I need to /
> > should I recompile from source, in order to gain what -- performance?
> > stability? I have looked, but haven't found resources relating
> > specifically to Linux and Athlon 64 so perhaps it's a non issue. Any
> > advice will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks --
> >
> > (the other) Craig
>
> Recompiling the kernel source isn't trivial (unless of course you've
> done it once or twice). To KISS, I'd try a distro that is precompiled
> for the AMD64, such as Fedora Core 3 at http://fedora.redhat.com/download/
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
> "There is no such thing as the People;
> it is a collectivist myth.
> There are only individual citizens
> with individual wills
> and individual purposes."
> -William E. Simon (1927-2000),
> Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
> "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
>
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