Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit
Am 04.02.2016 um 20:32 schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>> I have been using Debian in my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 from 2007 onwards.
>> I have the latest upgrade Stretch/sid on it.
>> This laptop has Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40 GHz and was having
>> 2GB RAM. But this week I have upgraded the RAM to 4GB and replaced the HDD
>> with a new Intel SSD 120GB. So which version 32-bit or 64-bit do you suggest
>> to install in this system ?
>
> FWIW, on my own T61-with-SSD (tho with 8GB of RAM), I use the 32bit
> version of Debian, tho with a 64bit kernel (i.e. aptitude install
> linux-image-amd64).
>
> But to a large extent, whether you use the 64bit or the 32bit version
> doesn't make any difference whatsoever. E.g. I don't think it's worth
> going through a re-install just to go from one to the other.
>
Hej,
have a look to your applikations!
If you - for instance - are going to use Android Studio for development,
you should use the 64bit environmentm because on 32bit systems some
features are not being supported in near future (device emulation).
Cheers,
Boris
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