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Anand Buddhdev wrote: |
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> One of the choices I'm facing is whether to install gentoo 64-bit, or |
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> 32-bit. Installing 32-bit on the AMD64 would make life easy, but kind of |
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> defeats the purpose of having a 64-bit processor. Hence my request for |
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> opinions. Should I go 64-bit, or stay in the 32-bit world for now? |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/technotes/index.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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Why not do both? If IA32 Emulation is enabled in your kernel config the you can use both 32-bit and 64-bit userlands and chroot from one to the other when necessary. |
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Zac |
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