On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:49:30AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > As for missinformation, I'm not sure what the general tendency would be, but > > could it be that a lot of our users are unaware of 64-bit capability in > > their cpu? I haven't been following lately on how skilled/experienced our > > average user is nowadays (so maybe I'm just saying something stupid here). > > I think we should push the multi-arch media. Particularly, the > x86/amd64/powerpc one can boot something like 99% of all the hardware > debian will ever run on, without the user having to care about what arch > his PC or Mac is, since the media detects the most appropriate one. > > Vendors should be encouraged to provide them, users should be directed > to them on www.debian.org/CD/, etc.
I already made my attempt on this (to the point of being annoying ;-)), without the expected result: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/03/msg00361.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/04/msg00134.html I don't know what other approaches can be taken than making it more visible in the website. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
