Hello! Jay? For Intel X86 not the 64-bit stuff, why not Slackware? Its quite easy to install, and even easier to use. In fact I am typing this message into my Google Mail account window using KDE on what was the current before 11.0.
I should also add that I'd be more then willing to contribute as much advice as you need should that become the option. Off Line of course. One of the things I like about Slackware is that you do not have to install everything or activate everything. One more thing to consider. -- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." On 11/16/06, Adam Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Nov 16, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Jay Maynard wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 03:19:14PM -0500, Adam Thornton wrote: >> Note that Debian is currently 31-bit, not 64-bit (that is, s390, >> but not >> zSeries--there is, however, an amd64 port), > > Not to mention an Alpha port, as well. I'm more than a little > surprised it > hasn't been built for s390x, although I would expect your employer > would be > one of the main forces driving such a build effort. There's work on it (though not so much from me/us), but, well, we do what pays the bills, and Debian hasn't really done so. >> so if you want a 64-bit Linux, look elsewhere (unless you need to >> address more than 2GB of core, I don't know that you'd gain anything >> even on a 64-bit host, though). > > Actually, running a 31-bit version would get me some speed under > Hercules, > even on an Opteron host. I had thought that the development effort had > gotten away from the 31-bit versions (which is why I've got some > reservations about getting a Multiprise). Commercially, yeah. But, heck, even in the x86-and-pals world I'm beginning to see 64-bit-only software. I will be surprised if s390x is not in Etch+1. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
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