--- Craig Carver <arawn1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Berry wrote: > > >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 > > > > > > > All-in-all I've got no stability issues with my > x86_64 system, however > there are some things to consider if you're planning > to get a Nvidia > video card. The 64-bit drivers have a bug with the > mouse pointer on > PCIe systems, SLI in particular. They (Nvidia) know > about it and it > should be fixed in the next driver release. > > If you're wanting to go 64-bit, check out the > components you want to get > for compatability... it may just save you a > headache or two. > > Other than the mouse on my system, it's stable as > heck, and wasn't any > more difficult to install or run than the i386 > version. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Where is the best place to look for hardware that is compatible with fc3-64? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
