From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GPKO6-00057K-MM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:46:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8IEjRn0015807; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:45:27 GMT Received: from lucifer.oficina (smtp.akyasociados.com.ar [200.68.121.201]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8IEenSQ030110 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:40:52 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lucifer.oficina (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8IEeooD001265 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:40:50 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from rafael@akyasociados.com.ar) Received: from lucifer.oficina ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucifer.oficina [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 99545-21 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:40:38 -0300 (ART) Received: from [192.168.1.182] (ba5.clientssupport.com [201.216.206.197] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by lucifer.oficina (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8IEeYov001261 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:40:34 -0300 (ART) (envelope-from rafael@akyasociados.com.ar) Message-ID: <450E85B5.3030101@akyasociados.com.ar> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:40:37 +0000 From: Rafael Barrera Oro User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20060131) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit system? References: <49bf44f10609180718w301ebaacx89d175031e6774a7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10609180718w301ebaacx89d175031e6774a7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at akyasociados.com.ar X-Archives-Salt: 2c94706c-12c2-4ea5-8167-7ca82c1c3f55 X-Archives-Hash: e565e912cc9efb6de30c666c494d1448 Grant wrote: > I'm putting together a new system and I'm considering going 64-bit. > Is the benefit of such a system pretty much speed? What are the > drawbacks of using a 64-bit system with Gentoo? > > - Grant Some stuff is not available for the 64 bit arch, for example you have to use a 32 bit firefox if you want to use flash. On the other hand, i recently installed a 64 bit gentoo and it runs very well!, nevertheless, i dont now if the speed increase is precisely enormous compared with a 32 bit system. hope it helps Rafael -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list