On Sat 04 Feb 2012 at 14:12:10 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > (1) The Debian installer defaults to the 2.6-amd64 kernel, but offers > 2.6-686 and 2.6-486. I plan to run mostly XEmacs and TeXLive, but > also IceWeasel for browsing and the occasion YouTube video. So is > it good to install the amd64 kernel?
If you had asked 'does installing the 2.6-686 kernel disadvantage me', I'd have said 'no'. There is a fair bit of information floating about on the 685 versus amd64 question. You might want to find out how flash and amd64 get on together. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120204194300.GJ2867@desktop
