[CentOS] CentOS 5 64-bits support (desktop environment)
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 23:48:54 UTC 2007
John Summerfield wrote:
> Leonardo Pinheiro wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does CentOS 5 use a better approach to 64-bits and 32-bits packages
>> existing on the same machine?
>>
>
> What benefits do you see to a 64 OS on the desktop?
>
You probably won't keep bumping into things that still accidentally have
a 2 gig file size limit like you do with 32 bit linux (even though it
hasn't been necessary for years). And your clock will keep working past
2038.
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Les Mikesell
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