On 4/11/07, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote: > Better than what? Than CentOS 4 and its package management concerning 32-bits and 64-bits packages in the same machine. > > How is Upstream package selection comparing 32-bits and 64-bits editions? > > Not quite sure what you mean here. The package selection for 32-bits and 64-bits are quite the same or there are important differences? Example: no Acroread (-plugin), no Flash plugin for Firefox, etc. Well, that is an important difference for some users (maybe most). Ok, now I see you've answered this below. SLED deals pretty well with this - like firefox 32-bits and flash/acroread out of the box. I like the way it deals with 32 bits and 64 bits coexisting in the same machine. > > Should we expect third-party repositories (mainly rpmforge) to better > > support 64-bits packages? > > rpmforge has always had good 64bit support. > > > I want to figure out if I should use CentOS/RHEL 5 x86_64 in desktop > > environment. > > You'll probably run into the same issues as centos4 for desktop use. > Still no 64bit flash, not too many browser goodies, etc. The basic > stuff works fine, it's the 'free proprietary' software where the issue > is mostly. > Thanks Leonardo