Only point I could see is if you didn't have the big enterprise version of CF, standard doesn't come in 64 bit, only 32 - which I think is stupid, but whatever.
Aside from that, every distro has 64 bit versions of apache, mysql, and java - so it's not really such a big deal anymore. Where it gets tricky is when you try to compile your own stuff, even then it's not that big of a deal. -- Jeff Schoby Unix/Network Admin City of Columbia, Missouri 573.874.6320 >>> David Henry <[email protected]> 4/27/2009 11:05 AM >>> Adrian, I discourage /inexperienced /users from jumping on 64 bit because the directions for CF, Java, Apache, MySQL, and most others are written 32-bit first and 64-bit as an afterthought. The smallest difference in path, url, version, or command arguments can leave the new user completely derailed from their tutorial in unfamiliar waters. With a CLI and an error message the user will either become a Linux guru very quickly or will declare that all Linux sucks and give up. If you need 4GB+ memory, go for 64bit. If you need 100% accurate directions without extra steps because you've never done this Linux thing before, use 32bit. ...then again, perhaps the day has finally come to leave 32bit behind. David Adrian Moreno 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:4495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-linux/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
