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Fedora Core 5 64-bit is installed, shiny, and operational. The only outstanding issue is that my on-board sound won't work. I was looking for support for it, because part of this whole thing is testing the operating system for compatibility, but I have found nothing that would make the on board sound work. This is fine in my case, because I have an external soundblaster, and usually onboard sound is to be avoided (although my onboard sound is VERY competent in my opinion, except for the unavoidable negligible amount of fizz and noise that it picks up from the rest of the motherboard).
On the downside, I've now experienced the difficulty of trying to find software, in general, for 64-bit. There are barely any 64-bit device drivers and programs out there, and I'm finding that the case applies in most of the software I want to use. I thought it would be a plus, since I have an Athlon 64 X2, but it's a hindrance. I've found many interesting programs and solutions to problems, but often they don't exist in 64-bit form.
In the end, I might have a 64-bit processor, but the world hasn't really caught up to that yet to make it TOO useful. This includes Windows applications and everything else in general, I want to make clear that this isn't a problem I'm having specifically with Linux.
So, reluctantly after the research I've done, I'm going to put FC5 aside to install a 32-bit version of Fedora Core 6 instead. There are a lot of neat advances in FC6 that I want to take advantage of, and I have got enough of a handle on this already that I'm not afraid of trying it even if it's a little newer. Help isn't as hard to find for FC6 as I thought it would be, the Fedora Community is great.
So here I go. I also found a place called Project CCRMA, which is a project to turn a Linux based computer into a super low latency Audio Workstation. Maybe I can use that midi device I have then, heh. I'll try that after I get everything installed again.
See ya.
On the downside, I've now experienced the difficulty of trying to find software, in general, for 64-bit. There are barely any 64-bit device drivers and programs out there, and I'm finding that the case applies in most of the software I want to use. I thought it would be a plus, since I have an Athlon 64 X2, but it's a hindrance. I've found many interesting programs and solutions to problems, but often they don't exist in 64-bit form.
In the end, I might have a 64-bit processor, but the world hasn't really caught up to that yet to make it TOO useful. This includes Windows applications and everything else in general, I want to make clear that this isn't a problem I'm having specifically with Linux.
So, reluctantly after the research I've done, I'm going to put FC5 aside to install a 32-bit version of Fedora Core 6 instead. There are a lot of neat advances in FC6 that I want to take advantage of, and I have got enough of a handle on this already that I'm not afraid of trying it even if it's a little newer. Help isn't as hard to find for FC6 as I thought it would be, the Fedora Community is great.
So here I go. I also found a place called Project CCRMA, which is a project to turn a Linux based computer into a super low latency Audio Workstation. Maybe I can use that midi device I have then, heh. I'll try that after I get everything installed again.
See ya.