On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 02:31 -0500, M.Lewis wrote: > With the upcoming release of FC6, I'm wondering if anyone can offer > their thoughts on the x86_64 flavor. I've seen some discouraging posts > about x86_64. I'm wondering if there are positive thoughts about x86_64 > as well. > > Thanks, > Mike I'll try to make it short. Performance: At least on AMD Athlon64/Opteorn based machines x86_64 -is- fast. By how much depends on type of software used. Core2 should give a lower boost and 64bit P4/Xeon will suck badly in 64bit mode. Software: Everything 32bit runs in 64bit. -However-, if you install a 64bit browser, you'll lose flash. If you install a 64bit mplayer/xine, you'll lose the ability to use 32bit Windows codecs. Stability. As long as the kernel/drivers fully support your machine, 64bit rock solid. As for me, I usually setup a almost pure 64bit FC, leaving a small 32bit chrooted partition just to run flash/win32codec if I -really- need em. (I find that most sites are look much better once flash is disabled... but YMMV) - Gilboa
