[nflug] Re: 64 Bit Hardware

Randy Cushman rcushman_linux at roadrunner.com
Wed Jan 16 20:15:40 EST 2008


Update: I've been told I was misinformed: X86_64 Ubuntu reportedly
supports 32-bit programs.

Randy Cushman wrote:
> I've been running X86_64 Linux (previously Fedora, now openSUSE 10.3) on
> a dual-core Athlon 64 for about 2 years.
>
> On this system I run 32-bit Firefox, because there are no 64-bit
> versions of plugins like Flash and Adobe Acrobat. (I have both 32- and
> 64-bit versions of Sun Java installed, so it can be used as a Firefox
> plugin). (I've read of a project to allow use of 32-bit plugins with
> 64-bit Firefox, but I haven't kept up with its status.)
>
> Other than that I run 64-bit versions of basically everything.
>
> One caveat: From what I've read X86_64 Ubuntu is not configured to
> support 32-bit programs, so you would need a different distribution to
> suit your purposes.
>
> Randy
>
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>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:29:34 -0500
>> From: jason <obarajt at verizon.net>
>> Subject: [nflug] 64 Bit Hardware
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>> I was looking to replace my system and I was thinking about a 64 bit 
>> one. Are there any disadvantages to 64 vs 32? Are my old 32 bit programs 
>> able to run on 64? I have a copy or Ubuntu 64, but I was unsure of the 
>> rest of my programs.
>>
>> I know nothing about 64, but thought that the AMD Athlon dual-core 64 
>> bit CPU and motherboard would be pretty fast.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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