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

[Bob Kline]

Apparently you have a lot of
company - Mint seems to be the
reigning Linux distribution at this
time.

I'll give the KDE version a try.

   -- Bob



On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:12 PM, moosebriard <moosebriard at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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