New Computer, what should I install?

[Myrle Francis]

>> Yes. I remember when 32K was a lot of memory

Remember when memory modules were SIPPSs (I hated those.. I've bent my share
of pins...)


On 5/17/07, Jerry Feldman < gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 May 2007 13:14:15 -0400 (EDT)
> markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
>
> > After our discussions, I decided to buy an AMD Athlon 64X2 6000 dual
> core
> > system. (Barebones + video + 4G RAM) (Oh! Does anyone remember when hard
> > disks were 4G? But I digress)
> Yes. I remember when 32K was a lot of memory.
>
> > I am currently using Kubuntu 6.10 on my desktop, CentOS 4.4 on my
> servers,
> > RedHat RHEL 4.4 at work on one machine, Microsoft Windows XP at work on
> > another machine, Slackware on my robot project, and Kubuntu 6.10 on my
> > laptop.
> >
> > (1) Is Linux 64bit "real?" i.e. everything works, or is it 90% of
> > everything works and some don't?
> Yes. Linux has been 64-bit since 1995. very few things do not work.
>
> > (2) If I have 64bit Linux, will 32bit apps run?
> Yes (on x86_64 boxes). Most distros have both 32-bit and 64-bit
> libraries so that 32-bit apps work perfectly.
>
> > (3) If I have 64bit Linux, will GCC/G++ target 32bit environments?
> Most certainly.
>
> > (4) Should I just use 32bit until 64bit is real (ignore if #1 is "yes")
> No. Use a 64-bit OS. With a 64-bit OS, you have access to both 32-bit
> and 64-bit apps.
>
> > What's your personal experience with 64bit Linux?
> My laptop is 64-bit (AMD Turion) HP-Compac NX6125 running SuSE 10.2. My
> wife uses it at home and has had no problems. I've got 2 64-bit
> Intel quad dual core Xeon systems running RHEL 4 and 2 IA64 systems.
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