[ale] 64-bit vs 32-bit?

Pete Hardie pete.hardie at gmail.com
Thu Mar 31 07:55:21 EDT 2011


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 07:46,  <jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:
> I run Ubuntu 64 bit for a desktop and have for a couple of years. I also have a 32 bit desktop for my kids. The differences seem to be very minor. For a while there were issues with proprietary things like Flash, but those issues are diminishing.
>
> The only plus that I have seen it that I can run >4GB RAM. Since I use my machine for editing and mastering audio I find that to be valuable.

Thanks - I don't think I've got that much RAM in the laptop, so it's
probably not an issue.

I'm mainly going to use it as a terminal, but since it won't be my
main machine, I can experiement with such things.





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