[GRLUG] 64bit Linux

[Collin Kidder]

Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 09:42 -0400, Benjamin Flanders wrote:
>   
>> Anyone have any experiences with 64bit linux lately?  I've been
>> running i386 because I didn't want to mess with the the headaches that
>> seemed to dog the 64bit releases a few years ago.
>>     
>
> Yep, very good. I am running Debian SID for AMD64 (x86_64, EMT64...etc)
> on my Lenovo T61 Core2Duo 2.2GHz with 4GB of memory. I have Java,
> (32-bit)Flash, other stuff working just fine in the 64-bit browsers.
> Pretty much I have zero complaints, barring "HD Audio" problems.
>
>
>   

But, in reference to my post on the subject: Was there any technical 
reason you went 64 bit or did you do that just because you could or you 
were curious in a geeky sort of way? I'm running 32bit linux on my core2 
duo Toshiba x205 and everything except the fingerprint reader seems to 
work. I wanted to use 64 bit but I just didn't see any justification.