On 01/04/09 16:33, Mark Allums wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 01/04/09 15:36, Mark Allums wrote:
[snip]
There is no good reason to install i386 on a Core 2. 64-bit is
working great, except for Flash. i386 has too many limits.
The correct distribution is AMD64. EMT64 (Intel) is virtually
identical to AMD64, and both are covered by the AMD64 distribution,
and in fact, can both run a "generic" AMD64 kernel.
I say to use i386 with an amd64 kernel. It's even possible, with some
manual effort, to run the nvidia binary kernel.
Too many limits, which, under a 64-bit kernel, are now arbitrary. And
why make extra work for yourself?
(Please, don't get me started about HighMem/BigMem/whatever. Bleeagh!)
Even though they are arbitrary, why does a "general desktop" *need*
amd64 if it has installed .lte. 4GB RAM?
(Note, though, that DRAM is *dirt cheap*, and I was able to fill my
mobo with 8GB for only US$85. Which is why I have an amd64 kernel.)
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