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“In just a matter of months the AMD Athlon has done a lot for
computer users: At 20%-40% less (SharkyExtreme Weekly CPU prices)
than an equivalent Intel chip, the Athlon has put tremendous price
pressure on the Pentium III. It has reignited rivalry between AMD
and Intel, sparking the race to 1GHz. Most of all it has brought
some serious computing horsepower within the reach of even the most
budget constrained buyers.”
“Several sources have indicated that these new chipsets might
cause problems under Linux. The RedHat 6.2 Hardware Compatibility
List points to possible problems with the chipsets and motherboard
architecture… SuSE issued a workaround to address installation
problems with Athlon equipped systems. … In a recent
PenguinHardware interview of John Tsai, head of ABIT’s Gentus Linux
distibution team, mentioned “serious” chipset and compatibility
issues.”
“Despite all this anecdotal evidence and rumors, we have not
seen many reports of problems by LhD users. Is this another case of
an outdated, static hardware compatibility list? Is ABIT trying to
drum up interest in Gentus? Or are Linux users actually
experiencing problems with the Athlon motherboards?”