RE: [OT I think] Which Distro?
> From: Jimmy Johnson [mailto:field.engineer@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 7:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [OT I think] Which Distro?
>
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >> What applications or usage scenarios get more out of your hardware
as
> >> with 32bit / 64bit kernel?
> >>
> >> How much better are those on amd64?
> >>
> >
> > If you have over 3 GB of memory then you need 64 bit. Otherwise, it
is
> > mostly very specific scientific applications that need 64 bit: home
> > users will see no benefit. In _most_ cases.
>
>
> I imagine the arguments where similar when operating systems moved
from
> 16 bit to 32 bit. ;)
Ditto.
Also, I have a few servers that need to run 64bit. I have run into
several issues where things worked perfectly in 32bit but not in 64bit
(mainly hardware drivers). I personally would run 64bit on the laptop
but mainly because I figure the more I run 64 bit, the more likely I am
going to find these issues and can report them. The fewer issues, the
more likely others are going to switch to 64bit.
Have fun!
~Stack~
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