On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:03:12 -0700, joe wrote:
I did say that linux64 is great for generic server roles on largish hardware, where you can do everything using what ships from the linux vendor, and where the hardware is big enough to benefit from the 64-bit OS.
Sorry, it's not only great on servers but on desktops/workstations as well, *if* you choose the hardware wisely.
I've got an off the shelf intel dual core with ATI graphics and everything works just fine with OpenSuSE X86-64.
-- At the risk of propagating an ongoing "it works for me" "it doesn't for me" type of thread (of limited value, probably, to the average list member, I'd like to say that since I moved to 10.2 on a dual core 64 bit system, I've not been able to change graphics resolution. Any attempt causes the system to lock up solid to the point that I'm forced to hold the power button down to get the system back. Unfortunately, logging out causes this to happen (I can hibernate, perhaps strangely). Also, I find that running VMWare is highly suspect. It used to work fine, but now, it will work for a while, then just hangs the entire system (power button again) for no predictable reason. Of course, I don't know what caused this, but I've been successful with 64bit before (my desktop runs 9.3 64 bit and is just dandy). However, something in 10.2, or 64bit, or perhaps dual core, really doesn't seem right for me. BTW, the system I have (and therefore recommend that Linux users stay away from!) is a Toshiba Satellite A105 4324. Cheers, Simon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org