At work I am building and will be responsible for maintaining 64-bit Centos 5 systems. For desktop use, I'm debating between 32 and 64-bit versions. I know such applications, such as flash for firefox, are first honed for 32-bit systems, then evolve for 64-bit. What other obstacles could I expect to face _if_ I chose 64-bit over 32-bit for the desktop? I'd be installing on an 8 GB dual core high-end Dell desktop. Thanks. Scott
Scott Ehrlich wrote:> At work I am building and will be responsible for maintaining 64-bit > Centos 5 systems. For desktop use, I'm debating between 32 and 64-bit > versions. > > I know such applications, such as flash for firefox, are first honed for > 32-bit systems, then evolve for 64-bit. What other obstacles could I > expect to face _if_ I chose 64-bit over 32-bit for the desktop?That really is the only major problem ... that several packages do not exist in x86_64 and you will have to maintain both i386 and x86_64 RPMS installed to get the items that do not exist for x86_64.> > I'd be installing on an 8 GB dual core high-end Dell desktop. >-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070707/c80ff2d2/attachment.sig>