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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've heared that Mandrake 10.2 delivers a nice 64 bit version.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Marcus </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: discuss-bounces@swlug.org.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:discuss-bounces@swlug.org.uk">mailto:discuss-bounces@swlug.org.uk</A>]On Behalf Of Phillip Evans</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 23 May 2005 23:25</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: discuss@swlug.org.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [SWLUG] 64 bit Operating Systems</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Following on the various postings on the subject, I have been using </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mandrake 10.0 since last October (32 bit OS) and by and large have been </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>very happy with it, as I was with 8.2 & 9.0 which were it's predecessors </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on my old AMD 32 bit machine.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I recently built an AMD 64 bit 2.8 gig based machine, Mandrake 10 runs </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>very well on this but I have also just installed Suse 9.2 as this </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(supposedly) has a 64 bit option which I presume installs a kernel which </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is 64 bit optimised.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Sad to say, I cannot detect a noticeable difference, in fact I would say </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that the 32 bit Mandrake 10 OS seems faster.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Has anyone any experience of this or any useful comments ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Phillip Evans</FONT>
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