[Klug-general] Distro Wars

[George Prowse]

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:28:24 +0000
Athon Solo <athon at athon.me.uk> wrote:

> i686_64 is completely different. To run programs compiled for i686_64 
> you'll need a 64-bit processor such as the AMD Athlon 64
> 

But if you have a 64-bit architecture you can run in 32-bit mode so you can use some programs that haven't made 64-bit versions :)

When you get Mandrake up and running and you have some problems with printing or anything, come back to us because cups problems, although sometimes tricky, are usually simple. Once you have sorted a few out you can sort most out.

George


> Allen
> 
> Peter wrote:
> >                     For     Against
> > Mandrake              7
> > SUSE                  2
> > Ubuntu                1         1
> > Gentoo                2         1
> > Fedora                1         2
> > Debian                2
> > Novell Desktop        1
> > 
> > Many thanks to everyone who has responded to my queries.
> > 
> > The poll was fun and shows that Mandrake is the most recommended for 
> > beginners so I'm picking up a copy of version 10.1 tomorrow.
> > 
> > Unless I strike lucky with the printer on Mandrake I think I'll let 
> > Father Christmas sort it. (I hope!!!!!!!). I've installed Windows 
> > versions of Mozilla and OpenOffice on friends computers as well as the 
> > Windows side of my machine so I can get round the problem.
> > 
> > One last question - if my machine is an i686, is that compatible with 
> > i686_64 or are they completely different. It seems to be a major 
> > weakness of Linux that it's so dependent on chip architecture.
> > 
> > Peter.
> > 
> > Paul Littlefield wrote:
> > 
> >> I've voted 1 for Mandrake and 1 for Gentoo.
> >>
> >> I started with Mandrake 2 years ago and is perfect for beginnners, 
> >> then moved to Gentoo when I had enough experience.
> >>
> >> My wife's machine has had Mandrake 10 for the last year, but will be 
> >> changeing that to Gentoo over Xmas.
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> > 
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