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Re: Which OS to install?



Russell Gadd wrote:
> Again, thanks. I've just completed an install of Squeeze now so will
> try all this. Actually I'm using AMD64 again (same as my Lenny).
> Thought of using X86 to be "safe" but I figured that if 64 bit
> graphics work ok it shouldn't be an issue. Or is this too naive?

I have been running 64-bit amd64 as my primary desktop since the
original Sarge pre-Etch timeframe.  For all free software components
it is very well supported and reliable.  That is good for me.  But
full disclosure means mentioning that some closed source proprietary
applications will need some special handholding.  For the ones I have
given into running I do so in a 32-bit chroot environment.  But this
is a good reason to push harder on free software solutions such that
everything can just work.  Closed source proprietary software has been
and continues to be much trouble.

> Exactly! At present I'm assuming I can just add to the source and keep
> all else the same, provided I don't add anything materially different
> in the way it behaves. If all goes well I can then maybe look at
> building my own. I'm interested in also looking at other 2D Sudoku
> variants. Hopefully if I can master one type I should have a template
> for others. My main interest is in the solution algorithms rather than
> the graphics side, but I'd want to have the ability to modify the
> presentation and user interaction so I need to understand how this is
> put together.

Sounds like fun!  Maybe it will result in a better program and we will
eventually see your improved software in Debian.

Bob

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