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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:57:56 +0100 Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 64bit is OK though I doubt you'll see any benefits. If anyone is considering a new machine, I would personally recommend amd64 over any i386 machine. For those with recent i386 machines it probably isn't worth upgrading but for new machines, definitely go 64. > I don't recommend it as a desktop system as proprietary things like > Flash and Skype are probably not targeting the architecture. :-) That's exactly why I like it. amd64 is a very popular architecture in Debian (14% if memory serves). I certainly don't need Flash or Skype. Time for the proprietary to catch up, I think. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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