Re: i386 or amd64?

[HXC <hxc@planet.nl>]

Frank Hart wrote:

On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 04:07:47PM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
  

What software packages available for i386 will not be ready for AMD64
when Etch becomes stable and is released (in December?)?
    

I use both amd64 and i386 and I don't notice a performance difference.
What I do find annoying is that there is no (good) java plugin for
firefox and there are no w32codecs available. None of which is Debian's
fault but it is inconvenient. I rather switch completely to amd64 but
for now I only use it for my servers.

  

Here are two interesting links to help you decide

Desktop FreeBSD: 64-bit Future

http://www.ofb.biz/safari/article/400.html

(don't forget that FreeBSD is lagging behind Linux, Debian has nvidia/ati drivers)


Is 64 bit ready or not?

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-499953-highlight-64bit+32bit.html