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On 03/17/2011 11:41 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:59 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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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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I'll second your comments, Mark. I now have only my trusty Dell 600SC |
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still running 32-bit but that's only because that's all it can do. Had |
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it a 64-bit CPU I would be completely devoid of the 32-bit platform on |
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any of my personal machines. I have to remember, now, when I am working |
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on that machine, that *it* is now the one-off machine, not the other way |
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around like it had been three years ago. |
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All in all, I'd have to say that the move from 32 to 64 has gone rather |
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painlessly on Gentoo, so, hat's off to the folks on this list and all |
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the Gentoo devs. |
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