--- Craig Carver <arawn1(a)cogeco.ca> wrote:
Jonathan Berry wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 11:48:47 -0800 (PST), Jason
Hiller
><jasonchiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I want to get some opinions on whether Fedora
Core-64
>>is a good choice for a Linux newby. I have some
>>experience w/ Linux but not a great deal. I am
going
>>to buy a new computer and was considering getting
a
>>AMD-64 chip. I am going to run Fedora Core
>>exclusively on the new machine. Is installing and
>>running FC-64 within the grasp of a Linux beginner
or
>>should I stick with i386? Are there any other
>>drawbacks to going with FC-64 vs. FC-i386? Any
>>opinions are appreciated. Also, if this is the
wrong
>>place to ask this type of question please redirect
me.
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>
>Hi Jason,
>I'd say definitely go with an AMD64 chip and
definitely go with the
>64-bit version. You should not really have any
trouble with it more
>than you would with the 32-bit version. I'd say if
you can do the
>i386 version, you can do x86_64. The only thing I
have not been able
>to do with FC x86_64 is use my (Broadcom) wireless
with ndiswrapper
>(it's a laptop), though this may be working in the
near future. For
>anything that does not yet work with 64-bit, you
can install the
>32-bit and run it. For instance, you can install
32-bit Firefox to
>get flash and java plugins to work. Most things
work with 64-bit
>though, and those that don't will in time. If you
have the disk
>space, you can even dual boot the x86_64 and i386
versions.
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>
All-in-all I've got no stability issues with my
x86_64 system, however
there are some things to consider if you're planning
to get a Nvidia
video card. The 64-bit drivers have a bug with the
mouse pointer on
PCIe systems, SLI in particular. They (Nvidia) know
about it and it
should be fixed in the next driver release.
If you're wanting to go 64-bit, check out the
components you want to get
for compatability... it may just save you a
headache or two.
Other than the mouse on my system, it's stable as
heck, and wasn't any
more difficult to install or run than the i386
version.
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