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Hi everybody, |
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dafuq what in... not sure what we should answer, it’s total nonsense today to install a 32bit kernel on a 64Bit machine. Really. |
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The difference between 32 and 64Bit architecture is _not_ computing speed. |
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Gregor A. „schlumpi“ Segner |
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> On Dienstag, Aug. 11, 2020 at 4:55 PM, Sid Spry <sid@××××.us (mailto:sid@××××.us)> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020, at 11:41 AM, Remco Rijnders wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 07:46:36PM -0400, Jack wrote in |
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> > <46fdde47-4437-5aa4-926d-e42aaed8ed03@×××××××××××××××××.net>: |
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> > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020, at 1:19 PM, Никита Степанов wrote: |
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> > > > > What is faster: amd64 or x86? |
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> > > Nikita, what are you really asking about? Or, are you just looking to |
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> > > stir the pot? |
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> > I think the intended or underlying question was: Should I use the x86 |
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> > or amd64 boot media to install Gentoo on my system? |
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> > And I think the appropiate answer almost always is amd64 if the system |
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> > supports it. I can see exceptions on severely memory constrained |
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> > systems or if you need to mainly run software that can only run in 32 |
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> > bit, but both seem rather uncommon to me. |
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> The appropriate answer is always amd64. The last I looked at benchmarks |
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> was quite a long time ago, but I think there is improvement to running |
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> 32 bit programs inside a 64 bit OS. The newer chips are more than just a |
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> new instruction set. They contain a lot of machinery to make boring things, |
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> like context switching, faster. |
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