On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Devendra Laulkar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> Nah.. 64 bit linux is always faster, no matter how much RAM you have. >> Personal >> experience. It boots faster, works faster and GUI is noticebly snappy >> compared >> to 32 bit versions. Dual boot it for some days and you will have cobwebs >> around your neck when using 32 bit OS. >> > > May I enquire which processor and Distro you have found this to be > true ? I had checked few 64 bit distros a couple of years back on a > AMD Turion processor, and the 32 bit distro outperformed the 64 bit - > esp in terms of GUI snappiness. > > -Devendra. > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [email protected] for mailing instructions. >
Back when I tried 64 bit, I also had problems with playing videos (w32codecs not being available on 64 bit IIRC). Is that still a problem? My experience with non-Adobe flash has been very poor so far and unless things have drastically improved recently, I would not recommend 64 bit (assuming youtube,etc is important for you). Kunal -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [email protected] for mailing instructions.
