-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 06:14 -0600, S. Dale Morrey wrote: >> I just wanted to take a quick poll and ask what the current state of >> the whole 32 vs 64 bit thing is now days when it comes to distros. >> I remember a few years ago there were some major issues when going >> with a 64 bit distro and was curious to know if this is still the >case >> at all or if all those kinks have been worked out by now? Is there >> any reason given a 64 bit processor that anyone would still need to >> use a 32 bit distro? > >Major issues? I've been running 64bit for nearly 7 years without any >major issues. Never had a problem with servers, and on my laptop Flash >was the only real annoyance. Perhaps you're thinking of Debian's >incredible delay to support multilib and the inconvenient suggestion to >use a chroot as a work around. > >Old hardware is the only reason I'm aware of to still use 32bit. > > >/* >PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >Don't fear the penguin. >*/ I have been running 64-bit Debian for 5 years, and the only annoyances being Flash and Skype. But then, that is what you get for running proprietary code. - -- . o . o . o . . o o . . . o . . . o . o o o . o . o o . . o o o o . o . . o o o o . o o o -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: APG v1.0.8 iQFFBAEBCgAvBQJOSHHXKBxBYXJvbiBUb3BvbmNlIDxhYXJvbi50b3BvbmNlQGdt YWlsLmNvbT4ACgkQznkRt/wECI9IyAf+PbM8wYzeqxF+Ym94MjWtyEzdCHnOOBSu z3FbbR40EBe82lknL4RBykhackBbGUAsqpPmS+b+Awza3em7+pEgWNndkCNnxDsE ea5U9FSNQTdFgGJJj08/1GOWSYq1hmVdVCPrFlWPsG7TkvU49v5NhXyWlqVbkeJu evcK8TmwJHMZyvQdyvEUvScvywYN4OcwnTx1eYOkKE332m18N0r57BoARUoXNbjD Vfe363eDwmey90cCagHXUovF3rD8mtGNUmspAJbCUXFy9IKNDGQvknVmuQlKm/SC FwR8xAwaPIBoEp8eqmFMHAkKOIqZ1nLFBpKSVaoK5fX8aVZ38uZ3Jg== =RMD4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
