On 8/8/07, Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you are buying secondhand or very low down, this question could be > > > discussed, otherwise 64bit is what you get. > > > > Aren't there still problems with some applications, plugins for Firefox, > > binary drivers for graphics adapters? > > It depends on how you define problems. You can run a complete 32bit > install of openSUSE on a 64 bit system and it works without any > issues. You can also run a complete 64 bit install of openSUSE... > but... this may be where you have heard of problems. > > Certain plugins and media codecs are only available in 32 bit. This > means you have to install and run some 32 bit libraries and > applications if you are running a 64 bit install. It is possible, and > depending on your needs may or may not be a problem for you. > > There is no harm (and barely any significant performance difference > for most general computer use in my experience) to install a 32bit > Linux install on a 64 bit computer... and then no issues with 32bit > codecs, and certain 32bit binary drivers that and even applications > you may want to use. > > C. > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
And in fact, in my experience, just the added pain and hassle of trying to work out how to get the 32-bit plugins to work on a 64-bit install just added to my decision that 32-bit is the way to go. I never noticed any particular application (or even the underlying OS) running any faster as 64-bit (and believe me, I was trying to do so in order to justify the pain of getting everything running correctly). -- Casey Stamper http://www.stampersite.com/wordpress -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
