Re: New system distro advise, please!

[Kamaraju Kusumanchi <]

J. Todd Slack wrote:
> Hello Gang,
>
> I am specc'ing out building a system with the following specifications:
>
> AMD Athlon 64 x2 4200+ CPU
> 8GB DDR2 RAM
> 2x500GB SATA HD's (needing to Mirror)
> Gigabyte 570SLI Mainboard
> 2xDVD-RW
> 128MB GeForce 7300 Video
> Wireless PCI Card
>
> I have a nice Samsung 21 inch flat-panel monitor.
>
> So a few questions/needs:
>
> 1. Any changes to this system to make it more linux friendly?
I think the configuration as such is pretty compatible with linux. You 
probably have to use nvidia proprietary drivers for 3D acceleration.
> 2. What distro should I run? I have used Slackware in the past, but 
> had trouble setting up X-Windows. I need a graphical desktop.

Debian is a good choice. You may want to use amd64 port for this set up.
> 3. What if I added a second Athlon 64 x2 4200+ CPU (I dont know if 
> this is possible, yet? anyone?), what distro would be best for SMP?

Debian comes with an smp kernel which can used then.
> 5. I want to run a nice resolution higher than 1024x768
Use proprietary nvidia drivers and then this is not a problem.