64 bit F7

[Mark Haney]

Karl Larsen wrote:
>    I have just learned a week or two ago that you can get a 64 bit
> kernel and load a 64 bit Fedora 7. I recall seeing the .iso and wondered
> what it was. Now I know it exists and causes no end of trouble! All the
> fixes and new applications come out 32 bit. They are all RPM files with
> i386 in the name.
> 
>    My question is why would anyone want to have an odd ball F7 with
> 64bit logic? It makes no sense to me.
> 
> Karl
> 

Okay, you lost me.  (and maybe only me) You just now found out the
Fedora comes in 64-bit form?  For the most part anything you can get
with 32-bit you can get RPMs built for 64-bit.  (Within some limits).
And the ones you can't get 64-bit (like flash, etc) you can run the
32-bit binaries without trouble.  I run 64-bit on every machine and have
no trouble.


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