Johnny Hughes wrote:
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 09:16 -0600, rado wrote:
On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 09:58 -0500, Chris Mauritz wrote:
Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 08:36:34AM -0600, rado wrote:
Hi!
In the next few days...maybe even this afternoon, I will be putting together a 64 w/the AMD Clawhammer 3700+ 64.
From what I can see, the best build for your Clawhammer (CG) processos is indeed the x86_64 one.
Yep. Though you can also install the 32-bit x86 distro in a pinch, can't ya?
Cheers,
thx for your replies U2...appreciated ...so I am on the right track
kk...so it might be possible to install the 32 bit. But, ignorant as I am on this and not in any pinch, I don't believe anyway. It seems that if you have a 64 bit processor, the way to go is to install the 64 bit on it to take advantage of the 64...
Seems to me that's the way it should work...If not, then I am way out of bounds w/my thinking.
well, ya, 32bit should run on a 64...the proc just has to step down. This is just IMHO tho.
thx
John Rose
The difference being that there are not all the items for x86_64 as there are for i386 ... and some of the stuff that is in the x86_64 distro is i386 (Open Office, for example).
So ... my recommendation is this:
- If you are going to install a workstation where you want OpenOffice,
Firefox with plugins, audio/video programs, etc ... use i386
- If you are installing a server where you will not need any i386
software (open office, mp3 junk, browser plugins, etc.) then use x86_64.
I have the OO installed here, and there does not seem to be any issues with it, however I don't use it much either. There may be some functionality of OO in the x86 version that is not in the x86-64, but I'm not an avid user of either, so I can't state without question. I did install the OO package during install. As for the other stuff Johnny mentioned, he's correct in that some of the whing-ding packages aren't there under the 86-64. Again, there might be issues with building software as I mentioned in first response, but most have been workable.
Sam