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Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions



On 09/07/2020 09:17 AM, Reco wrote:
	Hi.

On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 08:44:28AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I have two underlying questions:
   1. As everything I currently use runs fine, what would I gain by switching to amd64 flavor?

Short term - you'll gain nothing. Everything will work exactly the same, barring
third-party software (if any).

Long term - Debian is one of the last major distributions that keeps
i386 supported. Sooner or later Debian will follow the current trend of
dropping i386. It won't happen in bullseye though.

   2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities of a particular machine?

If you mean, "how do I check if my Intel/AMD CPU has that 64-bit
capability", then it's:

lscpu | grep -w lm

Will have to look up what each of the flags mean. That accomplish much of what I wanted to accomplish what a "reading list" would have.


Otherwise your question is too broad.

My question is intrinsically broad. That is why my subject line specified a "reading list", expecting that the reading would stimulate asking focused [i.e. answerable questions].


Reco






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