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#995 Make 64-bit the default x86 media
Closed Opened by mjg59.

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The vast majority (close to 100%) of new systems sold are configured to boot via UEFI by default. 64-bit UEFI systems (ie, all of them except some old Macs) will only boot 64-bit operating systems. The default media should be something that we expect to boot current systems without manual reconfiguration - so let's switch to shipping 64-bit by default and retain 32-bit for compatibility with older hardware.

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora ...

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916MB, ISO format image for Intel-compatible PCs (64-bit)
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What am I missing?

Hm. The "First, download a Fedora ISO" link on the right goes to 32-bit, which is what I ended up seeing first. http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options also presents 32-bit first. http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#formats also lists 32-bit as "Most compatible", which is probably less true now. So really this may be website bugs rather than anything else.

please do file a bug on this in fedora-websites traq.

mjg,
did you file the ticket? Could I close it?

This is fixed, thanks for the reminder.
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