[wellylug] Choice of chip for Linux box

[Jonathan Harker]

Colin & Josephine Lewis wrote:

> A friend has asked whether any one computer chip - AMD, Intel etc. are
> better than any other for a system being designed to run Linux.  As this
> is way outside my area of knowledge, I was hoping someone else might be
> able to help out.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Colin Lewis

It really doesn't make a scrap of difference between Intel or AMD, they both 
work 100% perfectly well. The AMD vs Intel buying decision basically comes 
down to price.

Much more important would be which motherboard and graphics card chipsets he 
was using, which determines whether the 3D graphics, on-board USB, firewire, 
audio, RAID, and various other foofoo valves will work. This support varies 
widely from chipset to chipset, and IME makes the CPU choice pretty much an 
after thought.

Cheers,
Jonathan.