ECS 6100SM-M and Ubuntu are friends
Yesterday my wife’s computer finally croaked. We decided that the best option was to build a desktop replacement form scratch. This can be a nerve racking experience as a Linux user because you never know how well every items will work with your distro of choice. I ended up with an ECS 6100SM-M, AMD BE2300 (45watt) processor, 2GB of OZC PC6400 RAM and a Pioneer DVD/R/RW. None of these components are amazing but they all work perfectly with Ubuntu 7.10 and the computer is surprisingly fast. My boot time out of the gate was a brisk 28 seconds and I haven’t even began to tweak the system to improve this time.
Does this CPU you bought (the amd be2300) have the amd virtualization extensions (AMD-V)?
I believe it does. With that in mind I only notice a marginal improvement if any when running my machines with the extension enabled. Thanks for the comment