On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 13:48, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Fedora web resources (e.g. http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora ) > continue to promote i686 installs over x86_64, the result being that > only a third of fedora users are on x86_64. > > When will the Fedora project begin recommending x86_64 as the > preferred option on the relevant hardware? Well while many people have x86_64 capable hardware, 66% of the systems have less than 2GB of ram installed on them. The gain of extra registers is taken over by the amount of extra memory used. So I am not sure pushing 64 bit will gain much beyond "why am I using so much memory now?" messages. -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
