[svlug] Maximum memory (debian 3.1)

[Holt Sorenson]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:27:21AM -0700, Greg Lindahl wrote:
>On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:13:43AM +0100, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>
>> Some proprietary software, notably skype (one more reason to stick
>> with SIP) and Flash (one more reason to hate it) aren't yet available
>> for amd64.
>
>Yes, although with non-Debian distros, they include 32-bit libs in the
>64-bit OS. So 32-bit programs just work. It's too bad Debian didn't go
>this way.

This is one of your options. If anything, the problem with debian
is that you have too many options. Persons that aren't prepared
or don't have time to choose amongst those options should use another
distro. If they prefer the debian approach, a hard look at ubuntu
is worth doing.

The desktop amd64 iso is available here:
http://mirrors.xmission.com/ubuntu-cd/edgy/

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