Jerry Houston wrote: > I'll be using an Athlon dual-core 64-bit chip, 2 GB of dual-channel > RAM, and at least until the recent conversations, I had been planning > on installing the current "stable" 64-bit OpenSuSE distro. Sounds like a good and reasonable plan. I have been running x86_64 since 9.1 (presently 10.2). I find the learning experience to be even better. > > Given the circumstances I've described, would that (a) be a worthwhile > learning experience, Yes, and I say that from experience. > (b) appear no different than a 32-bit installation, There certainly are some differences and challenges, but those enhance the learning. I believe SUSE is on the cutting edge for x86_64, and to be the best and most organized distro for x86_64. > (c) be nothing but trouble, or Definitely not. > (d) something else? If this is mainly for the learning, with your hardware, I would heartily recommend installing openSUSE 10.2 x86_64. Not only is it a reliable system, it gives you potential to learn and grow in many areas. > > If (a), I'm looking forward to using my first ever 64-bit computer. > Otherwise, I'll just install the 32-bit distro, and continue my Linux > education on that. Thanks in advance for your comments. I would definitely go with a (and did back in 2004) and grow on from there. There are many folks here that can help in the process.
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