OK, so I am considering a dual Celeron build, and I need an OS. Rather then go to Windows NT4, I woudl much rather use a linux. This computer may be used as a media server. Anyway, the deal is, I don't know much about dual processor builds, and I have no experience in this area when it comes to Linux. Can all Linuxes pretty much take advantage of the dual processors, or are the choices in that area limited?

Linux runs well on everything all the way up to supercomputers. Most distributions should support at least 8 CPUs without any tinkering.

To check if both CPUs are working when you get everything installed, run "cat /proc/cpuinfo" from the command line. If it doesn't list two CPUs, post back here with more details.

FYI If you are running a framebuffer console, the number of penguins at the top indicates the number of CPUs detected....

Well, right now I am not running anything. I am looking for a distro that might handle some multimedia, both for MP3 encoding, and as a media server. Going to run dual celerons, and hope that the multi-tasking ability of Linux, and the dual processors might allow everything to work without a hitch.

Once the computer gets built though, I will need an OS.

Any distro will do as SMP support has been included in the linux kernel on which all GNU/Linux distros are based (hence the name abbreviated name linux!) since v2.

smp-kernel or make your own from kernel.org.

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