On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 11:14:44AM -0800, Bill Thompson wrote: > I'm taking the plunge and building my first AMD64 system. Which Debian > release would you suggest? > > I usually run unstable on my main workstation and stable on servers. > This system will be a home file/print server so stability is important, > but since the AMD64 build is not really official in Sarge I'm a bit > confused as to which way to jump. > > What would you suggest?
Well for the most part sarge on armd64 is just like sarge on i386 except for a few packages that requries some packages which are in the stinkypete archive for amd64. I tend to run unstable for my home machines, although I have run testing on my weirder architectures just to avoid too many updates on them. Personal preference really. I would say treat amd64 just as you would i386 and hence do what you would do for an i386 print server at home. I have found however that 2.6.11/12+ have much better support for amd64 than 2.6.8 had in many cases, although that is mainly because most amd64 machines are so new. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]