Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions
On 9/7/20 4:44 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I switched from Windows when Squeeze was current and was working with a
> mix of 32 and 64 bit machines. To simplify my life I used and continue
> to use the i386 flavor of Debian.
>
> I have two underlying questions:
> 1. As everything I currently use runs fine, what would I gain by
> switching to amd64 flavor?
You'll be able to use more RAM, CPU's registers. On the other hand some
software vendors do not support x86 anymore - example: Google Chrome
> 2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities
> of a particular machine?
>
lscpu
lspci
lsusb
lshw
HTH
Kind regards
Georgi
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