Re: 64-bit vs. 32-bit WAS Re: laptop

I have to agree with David here.  I was running 64-bit Kubuntu on my machine 
for a while, but I encountered many of the problems he mentions and 
eventually switched back to the 32-bit build.  Particularly, my sound wasn't 
working, and a few other hardware issues.  And of course the problems with 
binaries.

I decided it wasn't worth the work.

Ryan



On Tuesday 28 June 2005 12:57, [email protected] wrote:
> As a side note, I've got an AMD64 machine. I installed the native 64-bit
> build of Ubuntu and am considering switching to the 32-bit build.
> Binary-only apps that are built for a 32-bit environment won't work on a
> 64-bit environment (without much headache at least, one could set up a
> chroot environment with a 32-bit userspace and do some magic to try and
> fool applications).
>
> This means that with 64-bit Linux, the non-Free Flash plugin, Sun's Java,
> Adobe's Acrobat, games that you have purchased with a Linux client (UT,
> Doom 3, etc), and perhaps drivers won't work. This means that binary
> packages built for YourDistroLinux might not be built for this
> architecture, requiring you to build it yourself. This means that a few
> apps won't compile, or will compile and segfault.
>
> You can run a 32-bit Linux environment on your AMD64 machine and it will
> still be blazing fast, compile apps for it specifically and the CPU will
> have twice as many registers available vs. a 32-bit CPU. Use a 64-bit
> Linux only if you need to, or you are willing to put forth the effort to
> try and improve things for everyone else.
>
> > Check here: http://www.linux-laptop.net/
> >
> > It doesn't make any sense to ask how Linux is on Brand-X generally, you
> > should know the specific model.
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 03:05 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> >> I am getting a  new laptop from best buy.  the deal they have is $1200
> >> for a amd 2.0ghz 64bit cpu 60gig hd, 512 memory (in one stick to easily
> >> upgrade to 2x512), 15in. screen, dvd +/- rw cd-rw and an extra battery.
> >> origionaly it was going to be a hp but they ran out and now it is a
> >> compaq.  how good is linux on compaq and how good is compaq in general?
> >>
> >> thanks Pete
>
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