On Monday 05 January 2009 11:04:34 Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
I've been running 64 bits on my main workstations for over a year.
For over a year? Then you may consider yourself a 64 bit newbie.
<rolls eyes> I wrote "my main workstations". Four years ago using SuSE 9.1 I rewrite a ton of my code to remove 32 bitisms and take advantage of the additional registers. My response to the OP is that for the last year, I have been using a x86_64 OS as my main day-to-day general purpose platform with no problems, and that he should not reject the choice based on FUD.
They solved all those problems before you started using 64 bit, so you don't know about all the Bad Things that can happen.
The only "Bad Things" that can happen is being frightened by people imagining problems based on disinformation or an experience from 2004.
Those of us that Have Been There (and Bought The T-Shirt) are more careful. If it (our current 32 bit installations) works, don't break (upgrade to 64 bit) it.
Using that logic, it's a wonder you're not still using a 80286. There are many reasons to upgrade to x86_64, and with few exceptions only fear of change as a reason not to. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org