Maybe not the default choice. x86_64 only accounts for about %25 of Fedora users according to Smolt.
Sayonara, Kamisamanou Burgess http://www.kamisamanou.net On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 07:17, Rahul Sundaram <[email protected]>wrote: > drago01 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Currently the website focuses on the x86 version of fedora and the > > x86_64 version is hidden so unless the user knows that he is searching > > for it, he will just download the x86 version. > > We should promote the x86_64 as the default choice with a visible link > > "For older PCs and Netbooks click *here*" (More information)". > > > > In F11 effort was made to change the default x86 arch from i386 to > > i586 to gain extra performance, but benchmarks that I have done back > > than have clearly showed that you gain much more from moving moving to > > x86_64. > > Not only that you have access to more registers MMX, SSE and SSE2 can > > be used unconditionally. > > Can we get a recommendation from FESCo? > > Rahul > > -- > Fedora-websites-list mailing list > [email protected]<https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&[email protected]> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-websites-list >
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