> I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if
> it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other
> compromises (admittedly some minor).  I realize I should see some speed
> increase but probably only in certain areas such as compiling.
>

I just switched back to the amd64 profile and it has changed significantly
since my last attempt.  I only needed to use the multilib profile when I
used the hardened profile.  Hardened is still a little bit of a pain, but
the standard profile and the desktop and server subprofiles work great.