Hello, I have the luxury of being allowed to buy myself a new computer for my work at university (phd student). Needless to say it will run openSUSE :) However I am not really up to date as to what CPU arch to choose, especially one well supported by linux. I was hoping maybe the list could give me a few tips. I would like something new enough but dont want to run the risk of having to custom compile lots of things or dealing with obscure platform issues. My OS should facilitate my work, not be the work... Also if it is too cutting edge integration with other systems could be difficult. The PC shall be used for lots of programming (matlab/java/C++) and compute intensive simulations so compilation and compute speed are pretty important. So I guess I should lean towards 64bit? Or maybe the new dual cores? People have told me AMD is the way to go? Any tips are appreciated, Cheers Dirk -- Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie