Linux 64-Bit Linux Distros?

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  1. arrowswake

    arrowswake What's a Dremel?

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    I gave up on finding a 64-bit distribution for Mandrake... I have a few questions now...

    1) I read somewhere that 32-bit distributions work fine on 64-bit Cpu's... Is this true? Is there diminished performance if so?

    2) What other distros have 64 bit versions? I know that SuSe 9.1 has a 64-bit distro, but the only mirrors didn't have ISO's... How would I get it to be a boot CD (or dvd) if I had to download all the files individually?

    Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. woodshop

    woodshop UnSeenly

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    there is a 64 bit fedora.
    and
    of coure there is Gentoo
     
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  3. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    yes, that's true, just like all the people that run 32-bit windows on a 64-bit cpu*

    (*a64, as it has both 32-bit and 64-bit extensions)

    you could always do fedora
     
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  4. arrowswake

    arrowswake What's a Dremel?

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    I have Fedora, and it won't install. It hangs at:

    Running install...
    Running /sbit/loader

    I've tried both the DVD and CD isos, and both of my drives. I searched google and found that a lot of people have had this problem, but no solutions to it.

    And I've heard that Gentoo isn't very user-friendly. I used Mandrake 7 a little bit a while ago, but that's my only experience so far...
     
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  5. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    how long did you let it sit at starting /sbin/loader?

    anaconda usually takes a little while to start
     
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  6. arrowswake

    arrowswake What's a Dremel?

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    I let it sit for like 4-5 minutes. On top of that, I could type and it would display on the screen. I couldn't perform any commands or anything, I could just type and it would display...
     
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  7. Bruno_me

    Bruno_me Fake-ad‎min

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    well, that's hardware incompatability

    so I guess fedora won't work right :D

    anyway, if you rtfm, gentoo can be very user friendly, I've heard portage isn't that great, but it can be very, fast, and useful
     
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  8. woodshop

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    the initial instal is not to user friendly in Gentoo.

    But it is very well documented.
    and after you get it installed it's as simple as.

    emerge xxx

    with xxx what you and to install.
    Te rest is fully autiomated
     
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  9. arrowswake

    arrowswake What's a Dremel?

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    Okay, I'll try that then. I read that it wasn't user-friendly, so I didn't even bother looking into it anymore... Hopefully this will work, heh.
     
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  10. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    The main difficulty with Gentoo is that you have to compile everything, but
    you do end up with an OS that is tailor-made for your exact system.
     
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  11. Uncle Psychosis

    Uncle Psychosis Classically Trained

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    Rubbish, Portage is the dogs danglies! It's incredibly simple to use, incredibly powerful, and you won't get stuck in dependancy hell like with rpms or even apt.

    If there were only one reason to use Gentoo it's Portage...

    Sam
     
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  12. Skylined

    Skylined Minimodder

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    SuSE 9.1 isn't free, that's why you cannot download it.
    All you can get it's their Live CD to give SuSE a try. ;)
     
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  13. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Of course, all this doesn't matter if you want to use a recent ATI video card, as they don't have 64-bit linux drivers yet :wallbash:
     
    IanW, 22 Oct 2004
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  14. Tomm

    Tomm I also ride trials :¬)

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    It was free when first installed it ~6months ago.

    And I've just checked. It still is :p
     
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  15. Uncle Psychosis

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