[lug] linux desktop/laptop @ 64bit

[Bear Giles]

I've been running pure 64-bit systems for... a year now?  No problems. A lot
of applications still load as 32-bit apps though.


On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Davide Del Vento <
davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I used to have a linux desktop with a 64-bit installation years ago
> (when x86_64 were just out) and it worked fine, mostly because it
> actually was a fine dual-library with lib (32bits) and lib64.
> Has anybody tried a 64-bit installation nowadays? My understanding is
> that they do pure 64-bit now, not mixed ones anymore (why?)
> Is there any problem (the usual suspect are the proprietary binaries
> such as Flash plugin for firefox, Chrome browser, etc)?
> The reason for going 64-bit is to have more than 4GB of memory, but
> still being a user-facing machine (not server) I'd like to have the
> convenience of a fully-fledged system (yes, flash is off 99% of the
> times, thanks to noscript, but that 1% is needed)
> Any suggestions or recommendations welcome!
> Thanks,
> Davide
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