Hey Dino, If you don't want to run 64-bit OS, why did you get a 64-bit box in the first place?
And as I mentioned in my previous mail, I do it for learning and testing 64-bit. I do quite a bit of work on 64-bit servers and hence I like to experiment 64-bit on my desktop. And that is why I bought a 64-bit box at a time when 32-bit intel equivalents were a lot more cheaper. On Monday 02 July 2007, Dino wrote: > Guys ... do you really use 64bit on your desktop? > Any reason why you do that? > > I've got a 64bit box myself and couldn't get my head around the idea of > using a 64bit OS for my desktop. I would use them only on a server, that > too only if the applications that I run on them really need 64bit > facilities like huge memory and file-size requirements. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mailinglist-bounces at ilug-cochin.org > [mailto:mailinglist-bounces at ilug-cochin.org] On Behalf Of Sunjith P S > Sent: 01 July 2007 08:05 > To: Jos Collins, ,TLS,Chennai > Cc: This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU,GPL Software > Subject: Re: [Mailinglist] Fedora 7 x86_64 > > Hi Jos, > > I'm Using AMD Athlon XP 2000+. Support seems to be okay since all hardware > is > working fine. I have been using 64-bit Fedora linux on this machine since > 2004 September (FC2 X86_64) and haven't had any hardware issues. I haven't > done much of benchmarking on this, but however there doesn't seem to be > much > > of a big performance advantage over the 32 bit Fedora. I'm running 64-bit > system only to learn it better. If you don't like to experiment, I'd > suggest > > installing a 32-bit version only. Mainly because a few things are still > missing on 64-bit version, such as flash plugin. Also certain wifi cards > using ndiswrapper will not work in the 64-bit version. That's all what I > have > encountered so far. Back in 2004 there seemed to be some issues with wine > running 32-bit windows apps, but they are working fine now. > > My relevant hardware spec: > AMD Athlon XP 2000+ > 1 GB DDR 400MHz RAM > Asrock Motherboard with SiS chipset > NVidia GeForce MX 4000 Graphics > 2 x Samsung 80 GB SATA HDD, RAID1 > Sony DVD RW Drive > Sony FDD > > Regards, > Sunjith
