On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:48:47 -0800 (PST), Jason Hiller <jasonchiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to get some opinions on whether Fedora Core-64 > is a good choice for a Linux newby. I have some > experience w/ Linux but not a great deal. I am going > to buy a new computer and was considering getting a > AMD-64 chip. I am going to run Fedora Core > exclusively on the new machine. Is installing and > running FC-64 within the grasp of a Linux beginner or > should I stick with i386? Are there any other > drawbacks to going with FC-64 vs. FC-i386? Any > opinions are appreciated. Also, if this is the wrong > place to ask this type of question please redirect me. > Thanks in advance. Hi Jason, I'd say definitely go with an AMD64 chip and definitely go with the 64-bit version. You should not really have any trouble with it more than you would with the 32-bit version. I'd say if you can do the i386 version, you can do x86_64. The only thing I have not been able to do with FC x86_64 is use my (Broadcom) wireless with ndiswrapper (it's a laptop), though this may be working in the near future. For anything that does not yet work with 64-bit, you can install the 32-bit and run it. For instance, you can install 32-bit Firefox to get flash and java plugins to work. Most things work with 64-bit though, and those that don't will in time. If you have the disk space, you can even dual boot the x86_64 and i386 versions. Jonathan
