Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:14:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: jam man <jam_man@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 support: FreeBSD v.s. Gentoo Message-ID: <20040726221228.Q72176@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20040726184115.78452.qmail@web81407.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040726184115.78452.qmail@web81407.mail.yahoo.com>
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> > "Does Linux or FreeBSD for the AMD64 architecture at > > this point?" > > It doesn't really matter...yes gentoo is a linux > distro. and its the only linux distro I would consider > with the AMD64 architecture. I was looking to see if one moment. distribution is distribution, linux is a kernel. CPU support isn't the distribution feature. they just put everything in one CD/DVD with some installer. > anyone here has used (or has knowledge of) both AMD64 > OSes' support and functionality for x86-64 > applications. i only used NetBSD and it has full support of AMD64 - i mean 64-bit mode both for kernel and userspace, no emulation needed.
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