Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:07:26
Message-Id: CAGK8UzBf4dy7g4Tt=gRG-ngq_V+OVmnjRb4qH4wH3akyiDbzsA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit by Nilesh Govindrajan
1 There is no reason to use 32bit.
2 Am 17.07.2012 04:28 schrieb "Nilesh Govindrajan" <contact@××××××××.com>:
3
4 > So the same old query again I guess.
5 > What architecture should I use for a machine with 3GB RAM and a 64bit
6 > processor?
7 >
8 > I believe 64bit should be given serious consideration only if RAM is gt or
9 > = 4 GB, even there 32bit is allowable with PAE if I'm not wrong.
10 >
11 > So what is recommended? There are as such no special use cases to go 64bit
12 > for me.
13 >