Promoting i386 version over x86_64?
Bill McGonigle
bill at bfccomputing.com
Thu Nov 19 21:44:01 UTC 2009
On 11/18/2009 09:22 PM, Ikem Krueger wrote:
>> That gives very little incentive to fetch the correct version.
> Why should a person bother with it, when a pc can do that?
Perhaps Kevin is advocating for a strategy that will reduce mirror
bandwidth? Of course there are a heck of a lot of variables in the
preceding sentence.
>> > And I think that by now the vast majority of our userbase uses 64-bit-capable machines.
> I don't know. Maybe a poll would be good for that? :)
smolt would be good for that. It doesn't answer the question of when to
switch over of if that's a good idea.
Where would a check for proper bittedness be fit in the boot process?
Kernel boot is too late, I think. Grub? ISOLINUX?
Some simple guidance on the download page would be helpful.
"Are you installing Fedora on the computer you're using now?" [YES] [NO]
YES -> is any sort of check even possible if the user is running
32-bit on 64-bit?
NO -> offer guidance about date of manufacture, netbooks, re-visit the
page from LiveCD, and offer 32-bit as a "most compatible, I'm not sure"
link.
-Bill
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