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Re: Which version support?
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:00:16 +0100
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On 03/25/2010 07:31 PM, Steven J. Yellin wrote:
>
>     I've never put linux on a laptop, but the latest version of
> Scientific Linux is 5.4, and the Intel Core i5 Processor i5-430M of
> your laptop has 64 bit architecture, so if it were up to me, I'd try
> Scientific Linux 5.4 x86_64.
>


If you have less or equal 4 GB of RAM, I would go with i386 instead of
x86_64. Because of browser plugins (flash, java) and javaws.

Just my 2 cents

    Urs

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