Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
Hi Using the 64bit should give a significant speed improvement as the code will be complied to use a lot of the optimized op codes. The 32bit versions of software are usually compiled to a base instruction set so that work on all machines. but as Intel has introduced new opcodes as the platform has evolved. There are applications that test for these and will use these if available, but most software is just complied to a base 32 architecture. Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 15 November 2012 12:19, Scrase, Eddie escrase...@wentworthlabs.comwrote: I switched to 64-bit with 12.04, and have not noticed anything at all. -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: 15 November 2012 12:00 pm To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: 64-bit vs 32-bit Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? Regards Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
I switched to 64-bit with 12.04, and have not noticed anything at all. -Original Message- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of ubuntu-uk-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: 15 November 2012 12:00 pm To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: 64-bit vs 32-bit Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? Regards Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? Regards Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
I have run 64-bit on the desktop for almost 5 years now. Even 32-bit apps like Skype run just fine now, thanks to multi-arch. Just use 64-bit, and install what you want from the package manager. It'll work. Tyler On 2012-11-14 16:40, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? Regards Nige -- [...] freedom is kind of a hobby with me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out how to get people more of it. -- Penn Jillette -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
On 14/11/12 15:40, Nigel Verity wrote: Hi I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? Regards Nige I've typically gone for a 32-Bit distro too in the past but have recently made the switch to 64-Bit. Not had any issues with it, just seems to work just as well as 32-Bit distros. IIRC if you want to run processes with more than 4GB memory then you need a 64-Bit OS, but even with 4GB Ram you can use all the memory if you enable the kernel with PAE support. I've also found that Virtualbox seems to run a little better on a 64-Bit OS too, even with only 2GB Ram. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
Nigel Verity wrote: I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real advantages or would I be unlikely to notice any significant difference? If you've a 64-bit CPU there's no reason to run a 32-bit kernel. You'd likely be hard-pressed to tell the difference between them, though. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] 64-bit vs 32-bit
On 2012-11-14 17:02, Rob Beard wrote: IIRC if you want to run processes with more than 4GB memory then you need a 64-Bit OS, but even with 4GB Ram you can use all the memory if you enable the kernel with PAE support. With PAE you can use the RAM in total. However, each process is still limited to the maximum addressable 2^32 bytes. So if you want to say, let GIMP open a 4 GB image, you cannot do it on a 32-bit kernel without swapping. Not that it would be advisable to do so. Regards, Tyler -- You may not like Grandma's Thanksgiving turkey. It may be overcooked and dry - and her stuffing salty and studded with rubbery pellets of giblet you find unpalatable in the extreme. You may not even like turkey at all. But it's Grandma's turkey. And you are in Grandma's house. So shut the fuck up and eat it. -- Anthony Bourdain, on the Grandma Rule for travellers -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
