On 5/13/07, M Harris
... and I'll tell you why--- because the hardware and software markets have not converged (IMO) for 64 bit processors. To put this differently... its still bleeding edge. To be frank about it... the 64bit linux stuff just isn't ready yet... there are way to many things that I am seeing on the lists that do not work well (or at all) in 64bit. For my money its going to be IA32 for some time.
This really isn't a problem for rpm based systems with multilib, only really debian based systems where you don't have the option of running 32bit software on your 64bit software. As for 32 bit for some time that completely ignores the fact that 4gb ram is not going to be sufficient for much longer, it's already the normal amount to get in new machines. If you need more ram (which games will require in a year or so's time) you'll need 64bit. _ Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org