Re: Fedora 9 32 or 64 Bit - Which One?

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Charlie McVeigh wrote:
I apologize if this question has been asked before.   I have a new
Thinkpad T61 in scheduled to arrive sometime next week.  I want to
install Fedora 9 on it.   Being as it has a Core 2 Duo processor, I
assume I can install the 64 bit version of Fedora 9.  My question is
what are the pros and cons that I need to consider when choosing 32 or
64 bit version of Fedora 9?  I am currently using a Thinkpad T42
running Fedora Core 7, so I have no experience with 64 bit linux or
associated issues.

Thanks in advance for any and all advice.

Charlie


64 bit is a minor hassle - flash for instance, and screwing around with multilibs. OTOH, if you want to use more than 4gb mem - or have an application where it really makes a difference it's not too bad.

When I looked, I couldn't find any app I used where 64bit was useful, even ffmpeg. At the time, though, I could find very little data on this.

IOW, stick with 32bit unless you've got some real 64bit benefit.

sean

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