Les Mikesell wrote: > 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. > Please, let Leonardo say what _he_ thinks important. It's his computer. As for the 2 Gbyte filesize, I know just one program with the problem. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list