On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:49 +0200, Olivier Thauvin wrote:
[...]
> Honestly, developers, sys admin and SGDB administrator can notice a
> performance difference, especially if they need 64bits numerics values. But
> theses people are normally able to do the good choice about the distro
> architecture.
With the total absence of clear information from Mandriva, even
developers have problems. The installer didn't prompt me with my
dual Intel Core Duo 2 system (which can run 64bit) so i assumed it
was happily installing 2008.1 for 64-bit, but I see no sign that it
has done so. And I had to ask Mandriva support which of Free and One
supported 64 bit because the idiots forgot to mention it on their
Web site (and point to a Wiki page last modified in 2006, it's a
fucking nightmare trying to work out what's included in what).
So I'd say, good luck, if you can figure out how to install 64 bit
let me know.
Liam (on a 32-bit 2008.1)
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