32 or 64 bit *** THANKS TO EVERYBODY ***

[roland]

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:26:38 +0200, Rick Stevens <rstevens at internap.com>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 14:04 +0200, roland wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry for asking this question on this forum, but on the forum of  
>> K12ltsp
>> nobody answers, and this is a general question.
>>
>> I have a server with 2 x Xeon dual core processors.I installed Centos  
>> el5
>> x86_64, then vmware server and now I like to install K12ltsp. On the
>> download page from k12ltsp I have a choice of fedora 32 or 64 bit. What  
>> do
>> I choose?
>>
>> On the Fedora site I find x86_64 but not on K12ltsp. Do they mean by 64  
>> =>
>> X86_64?
>
> i386, i486, i568 and i686 are all 32-bit systems.  x86_64 refers to
> any 64-bit thing running on an Intel 64-bit processor (Xeon, Centrino
> Duo-core, etc. or any that supports the E64T extensions) or AMD 64-bit
> processors (Athlon X2, Opteron, etc.).  Note also that the 64-bit
> machines above will happily run the 32-bit operating system as well.
> The reverse is NOT true...the 32-bit machines can NOT run the 64-bit
> operating system.
>
> If you want maximum compatibility, run the 32-bit stuff regardless of
> which processor you have.  There are still gaps in some third party
> software support of 64-bit (e.g. there's no 64-bit Flash player).  You
> really only see a big performance improvement using 64-bit stuff when
> the task is compute-bound.
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Thank you, Rick, and off course the others also.

As always I admire you, Rick, for an answer only you can give,  
professional and extensiv compact. :-)

Is wish you all a nice and sunny sunday.

-- 
Roland Brouwers
C.A.T. bvba