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 1FrJtf-0006iQ-1C for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:22:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5GJKqkB008036; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:20:52 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5GJFgub005031 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:15:43 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABCC64A86 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21049-04 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C920064510 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:15:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FrJmm-000306-Fo for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:15:16 +0200 Received: from rs.it-level-one.com ([194.88.198.15]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:15:16 +0200 Received: from catalin by rs.it-level-one.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:15:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Catalin Trifu Subject: [gentoo-user] 64bit vs 32bit Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:15:09 +0300 Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rs.it-level-one.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060605) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: cdcf571e-77f9-43af-8ca8-0f7a043c05ad X-Archives-Hash: ebd41d35db5a650aedefc6c0b8e19bd5 Hi, I am planning to buy a new machine and lately I was thinking about a AMD64 X2 4800+ 2GB RAM. Is it worth to install 64bit linux or should I go for 32. As I have read there are issues with video stuff, flash player. This machine is for work and entertainment. I don't like the idea of a 32bit chroot if it's too much of a hassle to set it up. Catalin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list