Re: 36 or 64 bit?
On 01/05/2010 07:11 PM, Andy Blanchard wrote: I'd boot the 32bit LiveCD version and if it sorts your problems out, then go ahead and install it, at least until you know your issues with the 64bit version are fixed. The idea that 64bit performs better than 32bit is a bit of a fallacy anyway. There are some advantages, but generally they only come into play when dealing with more than 2GB of mapped memory, doing lots of math or manipulating large chunks of data that can be processed 64 bits at a time instead of 32. For a general purpose desktop or laptop, you'll probably not really notice much benefit most of the time and the executables are all slightly larger too. Enrico, While I've been on the 64-bit bandwagon for a long time (15 years), there are still issues. I totally agree with Andy. With 32-bits you are essentially limited to 3GB of memory, but if there are driver issues with both your sound and network drivers, I certainly would recommend 32-bit temporarily. Additionally in some benchmark testing I did a few years ago, there are some applications that run better as 32-bit than if they were built 64-bit. There are, however, some additional advantages of 64-bit systems. First, there are 8 additional registers available in 64-bit mode. I think you should see better graphical performance in 64-bit. All in all, as a desktop workstation, as Andy mentions, you should not see any significant benefit with a 64-bit OS, specifically in light of your problems. -- Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: 36 or 64 bit?
Hi all! On the HP G60 I have 3 GBytes of RAM installed. I will remember your advise about expanding to 4 GB. I am now performing the 32-bit installation. Thanks, Henri-Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: 36 or 64 bit?
I'd boot the 32bit LiveCD version and if it sorts your problems out, then go ahead and install it, at least until you know your issues with the 64bit version are fixed. The idea that 64bit performs better than 32bit is a bit of a fallacy anyway. There are some advantages, but generally they only come into play when dealing with more than 2GB of mapped memory, doing lots of math or manipulating large chunks of data that can be processed 64 bits at a time instead of 32. For a general purpose desktop or laptop, you'll probably not really notice much benefit most of the time and the executables are all slightly larger too. -- Andy The only person to have all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: 36 or 64 bit?
Hi Andy! 2010/1/5 Andy Blanchard zoc...@gmail.com: I'd boot the 32bit LiveCD version and if it sorts your problems out, then go ahead and install it, at least until you know your issues with the 64bit version are fixed. Thanks for the advise. I will install the 32-bit version and let you know. Best, Henri-Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: 36 or 64 bit?
If you got 4096MB memory I would advise you to stick with 64bit. Seeing the HP-spec-sheet there's just 3072MB memory installed by default. So if you expand it to the max the 32bit won't be able to address the extra memory. Am 06.01.2010 00:54, schrieb Enrico Indiogine: HP 60G-535DX notebook -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
