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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:59 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> it would seem that the 32ul-11.0.iso |
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> version would be the one to run 32 |
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> bit software on? |
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<SNIP> |
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I cannot speak for the LiveDVD as I've not tried it but remember there |
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are still lots of older machines running 32-processors in them that |
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need a 32-bit only DVD to install at all. I suspect the purpose of the |
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32-bit DVD is to support those boxes. |
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As evidence of the growth of 64-bit machines in at least the vocal |
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part of the Gentoo users (those using the user's lists) I started |
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running 64-bit Gentoo about 5-6 years and at this time no longer even |
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own any (working) 32-bit machines. Up until about 3 years ago the |
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Gentoo amd64 list had all the 64-bit specific question traffic. As of |
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today that list is almost totally quiet implying that nearly all |
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64-bit users are just using this list and most folks see no |
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distinction anymore. If that's true then it's easy to forget that |
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there may be lots of quiet 32-bit users still out there. |
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- Mark |
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