On Tue, July 17, 2007 3:02 pm, Karl Larsen wrote: > I think you answered my question. I am able to yum things for my 32 > bit Linux and all the updates they send out are for 32 bit machines. If > I were to go 64 bit I need to FTP the RPM files and and install them > myself. > I will stay with 32 bit until it is no longer the most popular. Incorrect. 64-bit users use yum just like 32-bit users do.