--- In [email protected], J <dreadpiratejeff@...> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 20:49, christopherkathryn > <christopherkathryn@...> wrote: > > Just wondering what the difference was and why they recommend 32 bit. > > Thoughts, opinions?? Does it affect diferent packages?? > > Thank you, > > Confused > > The difference is in memory limits and memory management, mostly. a > 32bit system, in general is only going to work on up to 3.7GB. > Technically 4GB, but 3.7 is the real limit. You can go up to 16GB > with a PAE kernel (which most Linux 32bit versions support these days) > but for anything over 4GB of RAM, the 64bit version handles the memory > MUCH better than the PAE 32bit kernels. (PAE = Physical Address > Extension, by the way). > > In general, the biggest reason against running 64bit is Flash... most > everything else works just fine. And Adobe has a 64bit flash player > that I've been using for a while that seems to work just fine, to be > honest, but it's still considered Beta level software and hasn't been > officially released for use yet. It's still in development. >
My dual core has 4 virtual CPUs in 32 bit. Something I sort of like ... I only have 4 GB in that machine but memory never seems to be an issue with it. I'm the guy on the right. http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-22625-10502-30022 I ran arch for about 2 minutes once and I'd like those 2 minutes back! ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
