On 11/18/2009 09:22 PM, Ikem Krueger wrote: >> That gives very little incentive to fetch the correct version. > Why should a person bother with it, when a pc can do that? Perhaps Kevin is advocating for a strategy that will reduce mirror bandwidth? Of course there are a heck of a lot of variables in the preceding sentence. >> > And I think that by now the vast majority of our userbase uses 64-bit-capable machines. > I don't know. Maybe a poll would be good for that? :) smolt would be good for that. It doesn't answer the question of when to switch over of if that's a good idea. Where would a check for proper bittedness be fit in the boot process? Kernel boot is too late, I think. Grub? ISOLINUX? Some simple guidance on the download page would be helpful. "Are you installing Fedora on the computer you're using now?" [YES] [NO] YES -> is any sort of check even possible if the user is running 32-bit on 64-bit? NO -> offer guidance about date of manufacture, netbooks, re-visit the page from LiveCD, and offer 32-bit as a "most compatible, I'm not sure" link. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner BFC Computing, LLC http://bfccomputing.com/ Telephone: +1.603.448.4440 Email, IM, VOIP: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
