- James Mason 'bear454'
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:39 PM, James Mason
wrote: The only area I fell short on was media... although I have a substantial supply of the freebie 32-bit DVDs, there was demand only for 64-bit for install. Luckily, I had my retail set handy to share. The DVDs are great for a live environment though, and I saw quite a few floating around.
I'm a Luddite. :-) I still usually opt for 32-bit on 64-bit machines.
You, sir, are not a luddite. Your Eee just doesn't support more the 2 gigs of RAM ;-)
Curious -- what's the breakdown on 64 vs. 32-bit?
At the meeting, of the 20-ish laptops present, only 2 were not 64-bit compatible. But, this isn't an accurate sample. I recall seeing download statistics shortly after the 11.1 release but I can't find them right now - that would yield a better estimate, I think. Even better would be subscription numbers for the update repos, but I don't suppose that's available.
I'm a bit iffy on producing 64-bit DVDs for openSUSE, since we need to have the lowest common denominator available, and producing dual-layer DVDs is more expensive. Trying to produce 32-bit and 64-bit DVDs would be a bit of a headache, as judging the demand for one vs. the other would be difficult.
I see the value in 32-bit for the LIVE images, as that provides the broadest compatibility for first impressions, but for installation, there should be a 64-bit option.
We're a few months out from producing "promo" DVDs for openSUSE - thoughts?
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