On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:28:39 +0100 Maurice Batey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:25:55 +0200, Renaud MICHEL wrote: > > > What problem do you have with x86_64 install? > > There were problems with some apps' 64-bit versions, e,g, Java/Flash > extensions for Firefox, and as (from what I have read) the performance > benefits of 64-bit v. 32-bit do not appear to be significant, I have > stuck to 32-bit. > > Hopefully there will be a time when the 64-bit app problems go away, and > when there are signs of that I will change to 64-bit.
For the record, I haven't had any trouble with 64-bit stuff for years. Even the 64-bit Flash plugin works fine. (the performance benefit can be ~20% for CPU-bound stuff, by the way) Regards Antoine.
