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/

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  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

 
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