[CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 64-bits support (desktop environment)

[Scott Silva]

Les Mikesell spake the following on 4/11/2007 4:48 PM:
> 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.
> 
I'm really hoping that they fix that before 2038!
Besides, I'm hoping I am retired by then. ;-D



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