[mdlug] Time to jump to 64-bit?

[Brian]

Flash isn't a problem, I would take stock of your drivers and such
though.  I recently reverted back to 32 bit because of a proprietary
scanner backend from lexmark. For the most part you can get 32 bit
programs and libraries to do what you need, sometimes requires extra
effort and troubleshooting though.

On 10/29/09, Ingles, Raymond <Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:
> My main system is Athlon X2 based, quite capable of running 64-bit
> Linux. But I've been sticking with 32-bit versions for now. I only have
> 2GB RAM in there anyway.
>
>  I understand that the 64-bit instruction set has extra registers and
> such, which can provide a boost of a few percentage points in some
> tasks. But I've heard that there's problems with Flash support, and I
> use Wine and some emulator stuff to run older Windows games. Overall, I
> don't know if the benefits of 64-bit would outweigh the drawbacks in my
> case.
>
>  Any opinions or suggestions?
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ray Ingles                                       (313) 227-2317
>
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