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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:41:41PM +0100, Marc Joliet wrote |
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> Hah, I wonder if that's because the script was written before the x86 |
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> and x86_64 architectures were merged in the kernel :) . I remember |
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> Heise reporting on that a few years back. |
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Probably correct. The machine is approx 4 years old. It's also a |
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32-bit kernel, because back then... |
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1) Flash didn't work on 64-bit kernels without jumping through flaming hoops |
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2) Wine required either multilib support or straight 32-bit linux |
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On a new machine today, I'd probably install 64-bits, unless there was |
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some weird requirement for 32-bits. I don't push my machines that hard, |
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and they generally last. I've mostly bought Dell desktops (including |
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this one). The exception was was because Dell wasn't offering a machine |
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with 8 gigs of RAM when I wanted it. The fact that the local guy also |
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had a motherboard with a PS/2 keyboard connector was another plus. I |
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have a couple of of IBM "clickety-clack" 104-keyboard specials that were |
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being thrown out by my former employer a few years ago. I love them. |
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I've bought a couple of ASUS notebooks as well. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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