[SLUG] Installing Linux for Lucy

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> On Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 08:23, john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>>
>> Oh, and Suse says "Great computer, except, you're about to install
>> 32
>> bit software on a 64 bit machine". Any thoughts on that?
>>
> Absolutely. This is what the 32-bit version of SUSE linux says when it
> detects
> that you are about to install it on a PC with a 64-bit processor (be
> it an
> AMD or Intel 64-bit processor). It's just a little hint that you could
> use
> the 64-bit edition of SUSE on that machine.

Thanks Paul

Does the 64 bit version work (reliably), do the applications work
(including other things we might need, such as, I dunno, RealPlayer or
similar), and is it free of charge or chargeable (is it actually a
sales message)?

J