On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 07:05:37AM -0800, Matt Stamm wrote:
So what is best, purchase the dvd and install the 64-bit but not have access to the entire suite of Suse packages, or save the money, and stick with the 32-bit version, and have acces to everything on the v10 release.
AIUI... 64-bit support gives you the ability to run processes which take large amounts of memory (probably >4 GB, but I'm not sure where the exact limit is), and also makes processing a bit faster on applications which need to do lots of manipulation on numbers >64 bits. However, the side-effects are that all the 64-bit processes (even the smaller ones) actually require more memory to run. IMHO, unless you need the specific benefits provided by 64-bit, you're better off running 32-bit.
A note, I do not have a need for cutting edge speed. [snip] I'm already in heaven with the 32-bit version on this AMD Sempron.
Comments, opinions, suggestion???
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