But what would the benefit of installing x86_64 be? Pros vs cons? /Peter On Nov 9, 2007 9:41 PM, Jos Vos <jos@xxxxxx> wrote: > > 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
