64 bit distributions - Worth bothering yet?

[Justin Dugger]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 3:38 AM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Thursday 27 November 2008 01:05:50 am Justin Dugger wrote:
>> NX,
>
> Pretty sure NX predates, or is at least independent of, 64-bit mode.
>
>> There's also the recalcitrance of binary software providers to rewrite their
>> code for 64bitness.  It's something of a milestone that Adobe is working on
>> 64bit Flash.
>
> This is completely irrelevant to anyone who doesn't run proprietary software,
> which is the entire point of GNU/Linux.

No, the point is to write and run quality software; open source is the
necessary condition to achieve those goals.

Justin Dugger