On Tue, 28 Oct 2008, Lee Bengston wrote:
The only problems I have encountered with 64 bit linux versions is the lack of 64 bit plugins like java. On my core 2 duo laptop, I didn't notice much speed difference between the 64 and 32 bit versions, so I just went with the 32.
Really? It's reading/writing 8 bytes at a time instead of 4 to your memory. It should be faster. BTW: You can often use 32-bit versions of libraries alongside other 64-bit stuff. I try not to, but that option is available if you really need to run something. Oh, one problem I did have with the 64-bit system was the Java Hot-Spot compiler for 64-bit: I had to downgrade from 1.6.x to 1.5.x 'cuz the compiler kept crashing. It's a known bug and perhaps 1.7.x will fix it. It was the Sun Java 1.6.x package in OpenSuSE-11.0 for x86_64. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
