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. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com