Hi, I also experiance a dramatic speed improvement in bootup and general usage in Fedora 7 compared to Fedora 6. Thanks Shams -- "Langdon Stevenson" <langdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4668C286.90100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <snip> > >> Is there any real advantage to using either 32 bit or 64 bit binaries >> on a 64 bit CPU? For most programs, not really, mostly since very few >> folks have anywhere near 32 bits worth (let alone more) of real memory. >> Yeah... you can write larger programs with 64 bit binaries, but without >> the real memory to run 'em in, most large programs (even 32 bit ones) >> grow right up to the point were they exceed available memory, start >> swapping and then sloooow waaaaaaaaaaay dowwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. > > Having just switched from a 32 bit kernel and apps to a 64 bit kernel and > apps on the same hardware (Core 2 Duo E6600) that the machine seemed a bit > more responsive than previously. I wasn't looking for an improvement, > just noticed that it was all a bit "snappier" than before. Apps load a > little faster, machine seems a little more responsive. > > This was totally unexpected, but a nice surprise. > > Regards, > Langdon > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
