x86_64 as Fedora's primary platform
Bill Nottingham
notting at redhat.com
Mon Sep 27 20:25:43 UTC 2010
Mike McGrath (mmcgrath at redhat.com) said:
> > The Fedora web resources (e.g. http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora )
> > continue to promote i686 installs over x86_64, the result being that
> > only a third of fedora users are on x86_64.
> >
> > When will the Fedora project begin recommending x86_64 as the
> > preferred option on the relevant hardware?
> >
>
> FWIW, we have two measurements of x86_64 vs i686.
>
> Smolt:
> 65% i686
> 35% x86_64
>
> mirrors.fedoraproject.org:
> 70% i686
> 30% x86_64
What would be interesting is if there's any way at all to see which
of these stats is driving the other ... it's sort of a circular
relationship.
Bill
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