

Re: FESco meeting summary for 20090507

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley gmail com> wrote:
> didn't get brought up :(

OK, np.

> ticket, what happens if someone  downloads this now more visible

Yeah true, we have to present in a way where this is unlikely to
happen, but hiding the x86_64 version to be only visible for people
that know that it exist isn't any better either.
Fedora's mission is to provide the new technologies to the user and
x86_64 is definitely the way forward.


Which is not really worth doing, if your hardware supports it you
should be using x86_64 for userspace too.
The only reason people prefer to run i686 even on x86_64 is because
"apps do not work", which is nothing but a myth.
Ever 32bit app should work just fine unless it ships with a (binary)
kernel module. But all popular binary kernel modules (nvidia, fglrx,
vmware, vbox) do ship 64bit builds.


True, but everything not a netbook sold in the last couple of years is
x86_64 capable.
