>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2007 at 7:32 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mario Held <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > And given the situation that the recent distributions are only available > as 64-bit flavor the question is 'Do I stay with my old 31-bit kernel version > or am I interested in the new features and security of a current kernel and > all the other enhancements?" Think of support for new hardware. Are new > versions of software in a newer distribution interesting because of new > functions, better performance, better cooperation of z/VM and Linux?
I want to point out that "the situation that the recent distributions are only available as 64-bit" was at the insistence of IBM itself. I personally still think that 31-bit versions are valuable, even in a z/Architecture-only world. (Which it really isn't. There are still people out there happily running 31-bit hardware, even though they make up only a fraction of IBM's install base.) Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
