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

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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