I'll be using an Athlon dual-core 64-bit chip, 2 GB of dual-channel RAM, and at least until the recent conversations, I had been planning on installing the current "stable" 64-bit OpenSuSE distro. Sounds like a good and reasonable plan. I have been running x86_64 since 9.1 (presently 10.2). I find the learning experience to be even better.
Given the circumstances I've described, would that (a) be a worthwhile learning experience, Yes, and I say that from experience. (b) appear no different than a 32-bit installation, There certainly are some differences and challenges, but those enhance
(c) be nothing but trouble, or Definitely not. (d) something else? If this is mainly for the learning, with your hardware, I would heartily recommend installing openSUSE 10.2 x86_64. Not only is it a reliable system, it gives you potential to learn and grow in many areas.
If (a), I'm looking forward to using my first ever 64-bit computer. Otherwise, I'll just install the 32-bit distro, and continue my Linux education on that. Thanks in advance for your comments. I would definitely go with a (and did back in 2004) and grow on from
Jerry Houston wrote: the learning. I believe SUSE is on the cutting edge for x86_64, and to be the best and most organized distro for x86_64. there. There are many folks here that can help in the process. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org