Hi, I've just ordered a new workstation, with a Core 2 Quad CPU. I want to run OpenSUSE with a 64-bit kernel and 32-bit userland on it. I have not had a 64-bit CPU desktop with OpenSUSE yet, so I'm asking for advice -- what's the best way to do it? (My Google foo was not good enough to get good answers. :-( ) AFAIU, 64-bit OpenSUSE comes with 32-bit userland programs. Do I get all programs this way, or only a selection? Or, do I install 32-bit OpenSUSE and replace the kernel with a 64-bit one from the build service / factory / vanilla kernel? (I have no problems compiling my own kernel -- I started using Linux with 0.99.4, back in 1995...) In case you're wondering why I want that constellation: I prefer 32bit userland for its stability and availability of media stuff (e.g., win32 codecs), but I also want to run 64bit OSes in VMware instances. For that I need a 64bit kernel. In addition, it will handle my 8 GB main memory better than a PAE kernel. Oh yes, the release of choice will be eventually 11.1; in case that matters. Thanks in advance for any recommendation, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org