On Friday, August 27, 2010 04:26:54 pm Bert Desmet wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 10:00 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 08:57 -0500, inode0 wrote: > > > > Experience helps predict demand, of course it changes over time so > > > > there is some guesswork involved but there is guesswork in predicting > > > > the overall demand also. > > > > > > > > FAmNA at least has considered this in the past and I don't recall why > > > > it was rejected but I imagine it was because it was more expensive > > > > and media already eats a very large hunk of the budget. > > > > > > > > The ambassadors who both produce and distribute the media are in a > > > > really good position to make informed choices in this area and in the > > > > case of FAmNA I'll make sure this is reconsidered the next time media > > > > production rolls around. > > > > > > Thanks John. It struck me as being a good idea as after LinuxCon I have > > > *no* 64-bit media, and I have a stack of 40 32-bit live & dvd install > > > discs. Almost nobody wanted 32-bit. > > > > > > ~m > > > > I found the same thing with this last release, a sharp change from the > > previous 64bit:32bit ratio. (Might not be that long before we can drop > > 32 bit for pressed media). > > +1 > most cpu's (3years old and newer) support 64bit anyway > but aren't there some atom cpu's that don't support 64bit? #notsure Yes, there are - usually netbooks (80%) without CD/DVD drive. Another 20% are nettops - and it could be problem (these machines can be equiped with slim drive). Jaroslav > > -Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > advisory-board mailing list > > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board -- Jaroslav Řezník <jreznik@xxxxxxxxxx> Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 602 797 774 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/ _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
