Re: To 64 or Not to 64?
On 02/23/2011 02:27 PM, David Baron wrote:
I am currently running Sid, 32-bit with recent i686 32 bit kernels.
Here is my cpu: ~$ lscpu
Architecture: i686
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
CPU(s): 2
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 1
CPU socket(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 15
Model: 4
Stepping: 3
CPU MHz: 3000.282
L1d cache: 16K
L2 cache: 2048K
Should I go to a 64-bit kernel? Benefits vs. Risks?
Will 64bit enable kvm functionality on this box?
What do you do with your PC?
If you're "just a desktop user", then I recommend sticking with
32-bits (and a PAE kernel if you have gt 4GB RAM).
Will this work with existing packages which could then be changed to 64 bit
piecemeal or if taking the plunge, must/should redo everything?
There is a 64-bit kernel for the 32-bit distro. It would make
installing the nvidia driver impossible thru the Debian package, but
it *is* doable via much manual intervention.
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