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On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:33, JimD wrote: |
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> Has anyone noticed any real benefit from running their gentoo in 64-bit |
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> vs doing everything 64-bit? |
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> I am trying to decide if I should put the time into setting up a 32-bit |
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> environment or and stay with 64-bit or if I should just rebuild my |
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> system at 32-bit. |
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> I am running with 2GB which should be fine for 32-bit. I don't have |
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> any specific needs for 64-bit. |
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> Would I notice any big slow down from doing everything 32-bit on |
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> amd64? I am wondering if I should just go rebuild 32-bit and retry |
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> 64-bit in 6-12 months. |
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in 6-12 month the situation will not be different than now. |
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So you can go 64 bit now. For flash and wmv files install firefox-bin and |
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mplayer-bin and you are covered. Waiting is just a waste of time - install |
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now and reinstall in 6 month.. why? That is one superflous installation you |
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do not need to do. |
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