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32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory and is used for computing. The 32bit version is better for web surfing: for example, there are more 32bit Firefox plugins than 64bit ones (but of course one could manually install the 32bit Firefox on a 64bit machine). | 32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory and is used for computing. The 32bit version is better for web surfing: for example, there are more 32bit Firefox plugins than 64bit ones (but of course one could manually install the 32bit Firefox on a 64bit machine). | ||
== Information about installation and maintenance of CentOS machines == | |||
There is a wiki at http://wiki.centos.org/, with [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Howtos], [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks] and a list of [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories repositories] to be used with yum (the software installer). The best software repository to be be used with CentOS is [http://www.rpmforge.net RPMforge]; there is a detailed [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge installation instruction]. | |||
== Installation of CCP4 on a 32bit CentOS-5 machine == | == Installation of CCP4 on a 32bit CentOS-5 machine == | ||