[ale] Fedora 9 64 bit

[Scott Castaline]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> No point in 64 bit unless you have more than 4 GB RAM. The PAE kernels 
> will still work up to 32 GB RAM but they are much less efficient than 
> a full 64-bit kernel.
>
> The secret to firefox is to install the 32-bit version and then the 
> addins work fine. Java, flash, are 32-bit plugins. mplayer is both 32 
> or 64 but use 32 for best compatibility.
>
> You can tweak repos to use 32-bit and only certain packages then it's 
> just yum update.
>
> Be sure to remove the 64-bit firefox.
>
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net 
> <mailto:hscast at charter.net>> wrote:
>
>     Thinking of going 64 bit. Is it pretty much ready for primetime? From
>     what I've been able to see, it looks like Fedora has the 32 bit on
>     a 64
>     bit system issues pretty much resolved, but I keep seeing some
>     issues in
>     regards to plug-ins for FF & or T-Bird.
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I'm leaning towards 64-bit, but I may take you up on your suggestion 
about sticking with FF-32. I have found that as I get older, I'm getting 
more crotchity and don't have as much patience as I used to when things 
don't work the way they should. My wifey says that lately when I get 
into one of my funks weird sounds erupt from me towards my monitor and 
there goes the keyboard. :=O