[lug] linux desktop/laptop @ 64bit

[Erik Lenderman]

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Erik Lenderman



On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 12:17 PM, <scott.herod at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> ----- 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
>
> Hello Davide,
>
> I have avoided installing things when there is no 64-bit flavor available.
> I did a quick check of my RPM database and it looks like I only installed
> SDL in 32-bit and that was probably due to clicking too wildly in yumex.
>
> I've also got flashplayer which I usually have turned off but it is also
> available in 64-bit now.
>
> One thing that I recently declined to install was skype, which is available
> only in 32-bit last time I checked.  There was some google utility that
> I also recently declined to add for the same reason, but I can't recall
> what it was now.
>
> Oh, my base install is currently fedora 14.
>
> Scott
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