Xeon 64-bit?

[klussier at comcast.net]

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From: Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org>

> As others have said, you want the amd64 version.  The kernels are 
> unified now, so the same kernel will work on an amd64 or em64t system.  
> Same as all other applications.
> 
> If you have a need for running 32-bit apps, I *highly* recommend you get 
> the 32-bit library package and install it under /emul/ia32-linux (dpkg 
> -X foo.deb /emul/ia32-linux ; ldconfig) as you'll be able to then run 
> 32-bit apps without requiring a chroot environment.  It makes updating a 
> bit harder, but I think it's worth it.

This is good to know! I'm not concerned about the updating, since anything that is 32-bit will be packages that we build ourselves. It will make the conversion from 32-bit to 64-bit a bit easier if we run the existing 32-bit apps that we wrote on a 64-bit system while the updating to 64-bit apps goes on in the backround. 

Thanks,
Kenny