amd athlon 64 and linux ?

From: peter pilsl (pilsl_at_goldfisch.at)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:49:08 +0200

acer has new laptops with the amd athlon 64. Does this cpu works perfect
with linux ? Do I need special distros or will any tool run without
problems ? (Maybe with a recompiled kernel)
What a about performance ? Will this things rock ? Or only on special
applications ?

thnx (and sorry, but I'm just an idiot when it comes to hardware :)
peter