2009/11/19 Richard Ibbotson <[email protected]>: > On Thursday 19 Nov 2009 05:23:33 Amos Shapira wrote: >> I'm going to get a new desktop at work and was wondering whether >> it's worth moving to 64-bit. >> What's the collective wisdom/experience on the list? Is it worth >> moving to 64-bit or should I stay away? > > Works for me for the past two years with Ubuntu and Debian and > openSuSE. I use these because it's easy to install Nvidia drivers.
The work desktop will come with an on-board Intel chip, which as far as I followed should be supported using open-source drivers. Do you use Skype and Flash? Any issues with them? > >> I'd also like to move my home desktop to 64 bit when I get around >> to buy extra RAM (it's 2Gb now). > > 2 Gb works fine. No need to upgrade. I'm running Gnome and KDE 4.3 > and AWN together on the same desktop. Yes, I'm sure 2Gb will be enough for 64 bit but until I start installing amount of memory which requires 64 bit I'm not sure what's the benefit (a little more speed? I just use it for browsing, skype, email and ssh). Thanks for the input, much appreciated. --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
