On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curt, WE7U wrote: >> >> 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.
64 bit was faster, but 32 still was pretty fast as well. > My Core2Duo laptop is a real dog for performance. I run the 64 bit Fedora > on it but it's about to get a scrub and grow CentOS 5.2, for overall > compatibility with the rest of my shop. Maybe that'll prove a bit better, > but I doubt it. I believe there are problems in the processor > implementation going deeper than the firmware/BIOS I'll have to solve. My > next laptop will be a Mac. My Core2Duo (work) laptop (1.8GHz) isn't bad. There are different models of Core2Duo processors - with varying levels of cache. There's also the Pentium Dual Core, which has the least cache of them all. I tried Kubuntu 64 bit first, and I was able to install 32 bit java on it, but it was a bit of a PITA as I recall. When I switched to openSUSE 10.3, I just went with 32 bit from the beginning to avoid the plug-in issues, and it was not that much slower than Kubuntu 64 bit. I'm kind of surprised to hear that a Core2Duo was a dog. I also have two home-built Core 2 Duo desktops using the dirt-cheap ECS motherboards from Fry's (implying they might run even better with different boards), and they both fly. One is a WinXP box, and the other is running Sabayon 3.5. Xastir from CVS compiled fine in Sabayon, by the way. Lee - K5DAT Murphy, TX _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
