Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/26/2009 12:29 PM, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > On 02/26/2009 06:32 AM, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > While I agree with the newbie part, I find that I want to get the most out
> > > of my hardware, so I use 64-bit.
> > > One's mileage may vary, of course.
> > How much of your computer's time is spent waiting for you to type, or move
> > the mouse?
> >
> > Thus, (specifically for the desktop) you argument is bogus.
> Did I ever mention the word "desktop"?

So you ssh into a rack-mounted (or otherwise similarly remote) host? 
 Otherwise, you're doing the work on a "desktop" machine.

>                                         I use my system, amongst others, for
> kernel compiling and testing,

Then you need to test it in both 32- and 64-bit modes.

>                                and low-level
> programming.

Again, sshing into a rack-mounted host?

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