Hi, On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:21:44PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > I think it would be very helpful if somebody could summarize why a > multiarch system is useful, except for the obvious case of installing > proprietary i386 software on amd64 systems. Most applications don't really need the extended address space, and run a bit faster and need less memory in 32 bit mode (it's less pronounced on i386 as the 32 bit ISA has less registers). Simon