Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3506 mails)

[Primm <lynn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> Lemme just be clear - the issues I had with 64bit was three versions
> ago, and just for desktop related stuff.  On a server it's a no-brainer
> - 64bit unless you have to run some third party software that's giving
> you hassles.
>koffiejunkielistlurker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Hans

I tried my original 32 bit dvd in the new AMD whilst attempting to grab the 
x86-64 from opensuse (3 attempts at broken Md5's).

On a user basis, one would not know it was a 64 bit box. eg KDE looks and 
feels just the same. The pleasant surprize comes with apache, mysql and php 
The database driven website which serves lot's of hi res jpg's really does 
fly under the new system. The jpg's appear at once rather than gradually from 
the top of the screen.

I'm still not really sure why 64 bit is faster but I would certainly recommend 
it having compared both.

Steve.