[Cialug] New desktop ?

[Jeff Chapin]

I have been using 64b Fedora 8 for quite some time, and have never had
trouble -- I only upgraded to 10 due to the EOL of 8, and it is with 10
I have had trouble.  I occasionally have to manually remove the 32bit
packages due to the 64 bit packages complaining that the 32bit packages
installed man pages.

That and the whole KDE4 being crap fiasco....

Todd Walton wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Terry A. Haimann
> <terry at haimannonline.com> wrote:
>   
>> I am wanting to upgrade my desktop at home and am considering an
>> inexpensive quad processor.  Is there any hardware devices I should try
>> to avoid on these machines.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here.  What kind of hardware devices are
> you thinking of?
>
>   
>> When I install should I stay 32 bit or install the 64 bit version.
>>     
>
> 64 bit.  I've been running 64 bit for a couple of weeks now.  I've run
> into one small problem that I believe may be relevant.  When I start
> my computer, Firefox thinks it has no plugins.  I restart Firefox and
> voila, there's Flash.  But Adobe has a working 64 bit Flash player
> out, and it will only improve with time.
>
>   
>> I am most comfortable with Fedora, is there
>> any other distributions that I should be considering.
>>     
>
> Ubuntu!  I'm using Fedora, and it's really damned slick.  But Ubuntu
> has a lot going for it.
>
> --
> Todd
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