[GRLUG] 32bit vs. 64bit [Was: Random questions]

[moosebriard]

FWiW, I have been using 64 bit mint 13 for quite some time.  I trialed it
in a VM before loading it to my home server.  I have been very happy with
it.  There were a couple simple fixes which for me were gold.  It has been
stable and is almost perfectly tailored to my style....with a few tweaks of
course.  I run a quad core AMD with 16 GB ram.  I provisioned a swap space
of 4 GB but I have never seen it utilized, even when running (cough) a
Winy7 Virtualbox (4GB) and occasionally I will start a BT5 session to which
I think I allocated 2GB.

I'm a big fan of Mint.  I tried many different distros before I finally
converted to Linux a couple years ago but I found Mint to most suit my
fancies.  I recommend it.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
>> <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>I still use a 32-bit version of Linux.
>> >>What's to be gained or lost by going
>> >>to a 64-bit version?
>> >
>> >
>> > Effectively nothing.  Pointers are larger and often scalar values
>> default to larger - so the exact same applications consume more resources.
>>  On the other hand you get more registers, a larger address space [with
>> somewhat less 'cobbling'] and a few new operations.  For a typical desktop
>> the difference is really a wash;  possibly a small negative of RAM is
>> under-provisioned.
>>
>> If you're using framework-heavy code like browsers, KDE or GNOME,
>> those extra registers are helpful.
>>
>> Seems like switching makes sense
> then.  I assume enough people use
> the 64-bit versions now for them to
> be as well debugged as the 32-bit?
>
>    -- Bob
>
>
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