Les Mikesell spake the following on 4/11/2007 4:48 PM: > 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. > I'm really hoping that they fix that before 2038! Besides, I'm hoping I am retired by then. ;-D -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!