Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-12 Thread Chris Hellyar
-users] State of 64 bit flash? Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM. Any compelling reason to install a 64 bit distro? If there's no 64

Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-12 Thread Roger Searle
On 12/06/11 16:58, yuri wrote: Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM. Any compelling reason to install a 64 bit distro? If

Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-12 Thread Nick Rout
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Roger Searle ro...@stepahead.org.nz wrote: On 12/06/11 16:58, yuri wrote: Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more

Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-11 Thread Philip Charles
On Sun, 12 Jun 2011, yuri wrote: Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM. Any compelling reason to install a 64 bit distro? If

Re: [Linux-users] State of 64 bit flash?

2011-06-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 16:58 +1200, yuri wrote: Hi CLUG, we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU. I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM. Any compelling reason to install a 64