Bob Williams
ATM I am running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64, but I notice that some programs, outside the standard repository tree, are only supplied for 32bit OS.
Will I be able to install and run these apps?
Yes, you will. the 32bit packages supplied allow you to run all 32-bit programs. Just install e.g. the 32-bit firefox and YaST will install the needed 32-bit packages.
If not, how do I force the openSUSE installation to allow me to install a 32bit OS? I only have 2G RAM, so no real need for 64bit.
64-bit might help even with smaller RAM - the CPU has extra registers that allow some speed up... Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126