Agreed. I cut my teeth on Slackware and Debian but quickly moved to Ubuntu 64 and have loved it. Also curious why one would recommend not using it. Dave
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Adrian Moreno <[email protected]>wrote: > > In order to not clutter the other thread, my question to David Henry and > everyone else, is why not try a 64-bit distro as your first Linux > experience? > > I used 64-bit RedHat ES3 on an Intel Itanium a few years ago where there > was no 32-bit backward compatibility. Other than compiling a few programs > on a 64-bit compiler, I saw no differences between the 64-bit and any > 32-bit distro I'd used to date. > > I use 64-bit Ubuntu at home and had no problems installing CF, et. al. on > it either. > > What problems would you expect a new linux user to run into dealing with > 64-bit vs. 32-bit? > > Curious, > > Adrian > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-linux/message.cfm/messageid:4493 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-linux/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.14
