2008/12/8 Steve Snyder <swsnyder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 1. In prior versions of Fedora there was no provision for doing a > 64-bit-only installation. You had to do a standard x86_64 install, > then erase all the i386/i686 RPMs. Is that still the case, or can I > opt at installation to only install x86_64 and noarch packages? I did a 64bit install and there don't seem to be any 32bit binaries (if you don't install them by hand, they are in the repositories). > 2. What functionality will I be giving up to go 64-bit-only? In times > past the immediate answers to this was Flash Player and the Sun JVM > browser plug-in. Between the alpha 64-bit Flash Player (which I've > been successfully using for 3 weeks) and IcedTea, these drawbacks seem > to have been resolved. Anything else? All 32bit binary programs you want to run will not work. Mostly that will be commercial games, but if you don't use those... Nels -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
