Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-17 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers wrote: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 04:41, Johannes Wiedersich I would go for a 32 bit Debian system with a 64-bit kernel. (I have sometimes problems with certain `flashy' web sites or digitally restricted pdfs on my amd64 system).

32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Umarzuki Mochlis
My hardware is Presario CQ40-115AU It have AMD Turion X2 processor, 4 GiB RAM (2 X 2 GiB) Since 32 bit Debian have more packages I'm thinking of going back to 32-bit with bigmem kernel. The questions are: Does running 64-bit debian will boost the performance compared to 32-bit on my machine?

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Nuno Magalhães
From what i've heard you'll only notice a significant difference if you're performing lots of calculations (i'll leave the definition of that to you). I've been using amd64 without any major issues (sid) for quite a while now, if you have an x64 processor, go for it. Btw there's an amd64 list

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: My hardware is Presario CQ40-115AU It have AMD Turion X2 processor, 4 GiB RAM (2 X 2 GiB) Since 32 bit Debian have more packages I'm thinking of going back to 32-bit with bigmem kernel. The questions are: Does running

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-10-16 13:41 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: My hardware is Presario CQ40-115AU It have AMD Turion X2 processor, 4 GiB RAM (2 X 2 GiB) Since 32 bit Debian have more packages I'm thinking of going back to 32-bit with bigmem kernel. The questions are: Does

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sven Joachim wrote: On 2009-10-16 13:41 +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: This way you are running a 64-bit system with a 32-bit userland. Note that this combination will not work with virtualbox (#456391¹), so that it becomes necessary to set

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
My hardware is Presario CQ40-115AU It have AMD Turion X2 processor, 4 GiB RAM (2 X 2 GiB) I have 2 similar boxes, one running 686-bigmem and one running amd64. Since 32 bit Debian have more packages I'm thinking of going back to 32-bit with bigmem kernel. The questions are: I don't use any

Re: 32-bit with bigmem or 64-bit debian, which is better?

2009-10-16 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 04:41, Johannes Wiedersich johan...@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: My hardware is Presario CQ40-115AU It have AMD Turion X2 processor, 4 GiB RAM (2 X 2 GiB) Since 32 bit Debian have more