On 9/8/06, Geert Janssens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A general remark: > I don't know if you tried installing the x86_64 version of Fedora r not. If > so, you could first evaluate whether the 64-bit extensions really benifit > whatever you want to do with your system. In most cases it does not. Try to > search around the web to help you make the decision. > If you don't **really** benifit from the 64-bit extensions, you should install > the 32-bit version of the distribution for now. x86_64 is still young, and > the software for it is still much buggier (and less available) than the > 32-bit equivalents. It may well be that you won't have the same problems with > the 32-bit edition.
I'm running FC5 x86_64 on my main desktop machine, and it's the machine I'm using to reply to this. For the most part, the installation was fairly smooth, but IMHO Fedora Core (and CentOS, which I run on my server) still don't have multi-arch nailed down very nicely. It's still not possible to run a 64bit clean install (ie without 32bit copies of many packages), and it's worse if you use non-free stuff (most notably, flash which I dislike anyway). So, unless you're using a very specific 64bit application (like some bio-tech, gene crunching, something or other), I suspect you would be happier with an i386 distro. It's a bummer, but the state of x86_64 on the desktop isn't ready for prime time yet IMHO, and my next install, I'll probably go back to i386. Actually, I'm thinking of moving this machine to Debian or Ubuntu mostly because I'm finding Yum slower than molasses in February. A friend of mine is fairly active with the Yum gang, and he says that it will be greatly improved in FC6 - here's hoping. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
