On Thursday 20 November 2008 02:42:13 Joachim Schrod wrote:
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, I'm not sure you'd have any problem with a 64-bit "userland" at all. Here at home, both my domain controller and my desktop workstation are 64-bit AMD machines running 11.0, 64-bit all the way. My laptop (which I'm using to answer you) is a 32-bit Toshiba Intel machine, also running 11.0. So far, I haven't found anything that I can do with the laptop that I can't also do with either the desktop workstation or the server. That includes watching MotoGP videos, YouTube videos, commercial DVDs, and so on. Maybe our requirements are different, but I'd recommend that you consider starting with a 64-bit system, and only worrying about a 32-bit runtime if you find out that it really matters to you. I'm guessing that it won't. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org