On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 09:15:45PM +0200, Peter Lauri wrote: > I am a bit confused. Some sites on internet I found refer to a x86_64 > installation and others to a i386 installation. Can both be done? What > is recommended in that case? I have just noticed that the x86_64 arch > is less supported by other software? You can do both. The x86_64 install will also install several packages (mainly libraries) in both 32- and 64-bit, so that you can run third-party 32-bit apps without problems. There is one important thing to consider: some third-party (proprietary) plugins for Firefox (like flashplayer and Acrobat reader) are only available in 32-bit mode and for these you need to run 32-bit Firefox. So, when running Firefox you also pull in several 32-bit libraries and thus have usually 2 active copies of these libraries in memory. -- -- Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 _______________________________________________ Fedora-laptop-list mailing list Fedora-laptop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-laptop-list
