Re: 64bit vs 32bit on a 64bit System
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:21:49 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Mi, 09 feb 11, 16:20:31, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> On Mi, 09 feb 11, 11:57:49, Boblitz John wrote:
>> > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our
>> > 64bit machine.
>> >
>> > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port?
>>
>> Here are some things I have encountered:
>>
>> - skype works only with some ugly hacks
True. And other software can also suffer from that.
>> - flash had some security issues for a while, workaround was to use the
>> 32bit version with ugly hacks
Yep, but not true anymore :-)
There is Flash Square plugin, pure 64-bits and without any (known) flaw.
>> - in a mixed environment you can not use packages from the other port
>> (depending on your environment this can be pro or con)
True, but for single computers this can be pointless.
>> - it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific
>> circumstances
Packages are bigger (in size), true, and overall memory consumption seems
to be higher, true. But a 32-bits PAE kernel has also its drawbacks when
using more that 8 GiB of ram.
> Sorry, this last point is only hearsay.
That's also my perception.
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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