--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: any drawbacks to 64-bit versus 32-bit install? > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 8:00 AM > On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: any drawbacks to 64-bit versus 32-bit > install? > > From: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Fedora List <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: 11/17/2008 08:27 AM > > > > > perhaps a dumb question but i have to toss > together a temporary > > > linux box for someone to take to a trade show, so > i'm going to install > > > f10 preview on one of my gateway mx7120s, which > has a 64-bit AMD CPU. > > > obviously, either a 32-bit or 64-bit install will > work fine, but are > > > there any compelling reasons why i might want to > use the "safer" > > > 32-bit version? i don't know of any, but > i'm willing to be persuaded > > > one way or the other. i have no strong opinions > on the topic. > > > > Who told you 32-bit is "safer?" > > i was being slightly facetious. :-) after all, 64-bit > is slightly > more cutting edge so i just wondered if there was a > technology lag in > there somewhere. if not, then i'll just go with > 64-bit. > > rday > -- > > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: > Have classroom, will lecture. > > http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, > Ontario, CANADA > ======================================================================== > > -- Go with 64 bit. I have gotten 3 machines with AMD64 processors and I have installed Fedora 10 Preview with 64 bit version and they are working nicely :) It(64 bit) will make full use of the machines capabilities and if it were not for the flash player and other proprietary stuff, 64 is the way to go :) Regards, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
