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New Computer, what should I install?



I think DOS would be good. jk ;-)

If you're considering RHEL, check out CentOS instead since it's free
and it's built on the RHEL SRPMS.

On 5/17/07, markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org <markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> After our discussions, I decided to buy an AMD Athlon 64X2 6000 dual core
> system. (Barebones + video + 4G RAM) (Oh! Does anyone remember when hard
> disks were 4G? But I digress)
>
> I am currently using Kubuntu 6.10 on my desktop, CentOS 4.4 on my servers,
> RedHat RHEL 4.4 at work on one machine, Microsoft Windows XP at work on
> another machine, Slackware on my robot project, and Kubuntu 6.10 on my
> laptop.
>
> (1) Is Linux 64bit "real?" i.e. everything works, or is it 90% of
> everything works and some don't?
>
> (2) If I have 64bit Linux, will 32bit apps run?
>
> (3) If I have 64bit Linux, will GCC/G++ target 32bit environments?
>
> (4) Should I just use 32bit until 64bit is real (ignore if #1 is "yes")
>
> What's your personal experience with 64bit Linux?
>
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