[CentOS] 6.0 Media problems

Mon Aug 29 10:20:33 UTC 2011
ken <gebser at mousecar.com>

On 08/28/2011 11:38 PM John R Pierce wrote:
> On 08/28/11 7:33 PM, ken wrote:
>>> Recently someone wrote that PAE related to i386 but was not required for
>>>>  x64. What CPU type is your target machine ?
>> Broadly speaking it's a pentium i686, but without pae.  The fact that
>> this machine is excluded from RH/CentOS doesn't bode well for Linux.
> 
> its late 2011, the world is finally moving to 64bit as the primary 
> platform.    this doesn't bode well for your old 32bit-only CPU.    a 
> 32bit only CPU can no longer be considered enterprise grade.

Snob appeal does work on a lot of people.  Maybe in today's world it's a
character flaw, but I prefer actual reasons.