On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 02:50:37PM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > It works, but why not just upgrade to full 64 bit if you can? It's > not a lot more work unless you've installed a lot of extra packages.
Not sure if things are better now, but there was a time when some packages were only available in 32bit versions. So running a 64bit kernel to cater for the bigger address space and a 32bit userland can sometimes be the better option. YMMV -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120816000812.GB6970@tal
