[Nottingham] 64 bit linux

[David Bottrill]

On Monday 23 January 2006 13:50, Iain Moppett wrote:
> Does any one have any thoughts about which distro is best for a Linux
> returnee/newbie, just about to install an AMD 64 3200+.    I've googled to
> see if there is a clear favorite but can't find mcuh direct comparison. 
> I'm currently using Mandriva 2006 quite happily. Many thanks,
>
I've been running 64 bit for 18months with SuSE 9.2, 9.3 and now 10.0 it works 
fine, there are just the odd 32bit apps I need to run however to get what I 
need. For instance I need to run 32bit Firefox as there is no 64Bit 
Flashplayer. I run 64Bit Xine to play DVD's, I successfully compiled a 64 bit 
version of libdvdcss2. It just works and works well.

By what I have read as long as you steer clear of Asus motherboards, mine is 
Abit, you will be fine.

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