[nflug] Re: 64 Bit Hardware

[Randy Cushman]

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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