On Friday, June 10, 2011 04:42:57 PM R P Herrold wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Kevin Stange wrote:
CentOS 5: 93169 /centos/5.6/isos/i386/CentOS-5.6-i386-bin-DVD.iso 15284 /centos/5.5/isos/i386/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso
4291 /centos/5.5/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
748 /centos/5.6/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.6-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
CentOS 4: 489 /centos/4/isos/i386/CentOS-4.8-i386-binDVD.iso
14 /centos/4.8/isos/x86_64/CentOS-4.8-x86_64-binDVD.isoPretty telling that x86_64 is running so far behind i386 with the older virtualization methods available (understanding that this is not a random or statistically meaningful sample). For dom0, under kvm, of course x86_64 is mandated, but I suspect i386 will still dominate in downloads a year from now, with 6 series added
Thank you for this data
I think that your typical i386 installing user is more likely to fetch an iso from a public mirror compared to x86_64 installing user, inflating the above data. In reality (number of installed hosts world wide) x86_64 is probably a lot closer to i386 than figures like those above indicate.
/Peter (who stopped installing 32-bit CentOS in 2006)