-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have two installs, my laptop with a 64 bit Turion is running the 32 bit version of KUbuntu. Under this version everything appears as a 32 bit system and behaves normally (apart from the usual ATI headaches).
On my desktop at home (dual core 4400+) I have 64studio.com which is a media production variant of Debian's Pure64. The 64 bit OS has some serious issues for the "home user". Namely flash is broken as is Open Office. Many applications work great such as firefox and ardour, but there are still lots of gaps. For home use I would stick with a 32 bit distro on an AMD64. The AMD64s are still smokin' 32 bit processors. The AMDs run a lot cooler and use less power than the equivalent Intel chips. Cheers For servers Martin Glazer wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at getting myself a new machine and was wondering what the impact > of getting a 64 bit processor was compared to getting a 32 bit, from a > software compatibility standpoint. > > Can I still run in 32 bit mode on a 64 bit cpu - ie. standard kernel compile, > etc? > If going the 64 bit route, will I experience any compatibility issues with > software applications? > Do the applications have to be written / modified to run under 64 bit mode? > > Thx > > Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD0YmuwRXgH3rKGfMRAv6WAJkBF1O5qsUsL3IZSiWRYhnGHMQmUQCfUEwL U1Halr/GehQmqgk/WBMX4ZU= =ItW3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
