Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) people with popcon installed).
One of the issues I've seen is that people often simply move a disk (or copy an installation) when upgrading machines.
(or copy an installation) when upgrading machines.
Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if you have a 32-bit install? Because if not, then it's entirely possible that a lot of people started out with a 32-bit install (maybe they even had a 64-bit kernel, but they started when the 32-bit install was the default one), and never upgraded their kernel.
default one), and never upgraded their kernel.
It really should be easy to _just_ upgrade the kernel.
One of the issues I've seen is that people often simply move a disk (or copy an installation) when upgrading machines.
(or copy an installation) when upgrading machines.
Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if you have a 32-bit install? Because if not, then it's entirely possible that a lot of people started out with a 32-bit install (maybe they even had a 64-bit kernel, but they started when the 32-bit install was the default one), and never upgraded their kernel.
default one), and never upgraded their kernel.
It really should be easy to _just_ upgrade the kernel.