On Feb 9, 2010, at 7:25 AM, xe22 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm installing larger disks and figure while I'm at it I'll upgrade > Mandriva also. > Since I use an x64 single processor I can't be sure if I should use > 64 bit Linux. > The 32 works fine, but is it worth going to 64, and would there be a > lot of > software hits? I know some would have to be repurchased in the 64 > version, > but am curious if I would lose the ability to run the majority of > available stuff. > I'd appreciate opinions on the overall gains/losses of this. > > TIA > Louis > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android
Not sure if I have ever used Mandriva so I don't know how things are done but if you compile from source you shouldn't have to worry about 64 bit drivers. That is if you have access to source. "But the fact remains that the real performance benefits of 64-bit computing are not found in day-to-day applications. Addressing enormous chunks of memory, working with gargantuan databases -- these tasks are still primarily in the domain of servers. For the rest of us, running a 64-bit Linux distro is a matter of choice." Nathan Willis www.linux.com/archive/feed/56984 That article is old, from 06 but it does make a valid point - it depends what you do. I personally prefer 64. A quick hop over to wikipedia for the 64 bit article has a nice comparison. Pointing out that 4 gig files are not so uncommon due to DVDs and for 32 bit "and to access such a file by memory mapping, those regions will have to be mapped into and out of the address space as needed". Also encryption is listed as benefited by 64 bit addressing. Matthias Johnson _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
