"SIOL" <brankob@avtomatika.com> wrote in
news:QHPzb.6297$2B6.1209276@news.siol.net:

> I have finally got mine dual Opteron (Opteron 240-1.4 GHz) running.
>
> Well, practically. More or less everything works now, except audio. If
> anyone got it working on Tyan K8W, I would like to know. Also,
> Midnight Commander is blocked at the moment. Shame...
>
> I hope things in the amd64 world clear up a bit soon, although its
> fine even now. Dual Opteron, which is only decent in Windows 2000,
> under Gentoo really flies.
>
> I'm really glad that bought that two machines, even though software
> instalation and machine configuration took me more than a week. It
> sounded so simple. Take hard disks etc from old machines, insert them
> into new machines and install Windoze, Linux etc What can go wrong
> with that ? ;o)
>
>
> Ehh, no mater. Speed and stability of the tandem are really worth the
> effort
>)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Branko
>

I'm thinking of getting a 64bit (64-x86) system next year (maybe even
dual for SMP) and I've been told that Gentoo is great for running 64bit
and with a good 64bit compiler your can also optimize apps from source
for 64bit. Redmond is taking their sweet time getting a 64-x86 OS out
and never mind the lag we'd have to endure for the native 64bit apps to
be written.

I don't think I'll abandon Windows altogether as it isn't an either/or
situation for me. I've found XPpro/server 2003 to be decent desktop OS
once you address the security issues to keep Redmond from spying on you
after the installation and any updates.

I don't want a dual boot however. I'd prefer removable OS boot HDs and a
large shared internal data HD. How well do fast SATA (37GB WD Rapters)
HDs work in Gentoo? How about SATA RAID arrays?