[Mailinglist] Fedora 7 x86_64

[Dino]

Guys ... do you really use 64bit on your desktop?
Any reason why you do that?

I've got a 64bit box myself and couldn't get my head around the idea of
using a 64bit OS for my desktop. I would use them only on a server, that too
only if the applications that I run on them really need 64bit facilities
like huge memory and file-size requirements.

-----Original Message-----
From: mailinglist-bounces at ilug-cochin.org
[mailto:mailinglist-bounces at ilug-cochin.org] On Behalf Of Sunjith P S
Sent: 01 July 2007 08:05
To: Jos Collins, ,TLS,Chennai
Cc: This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU,GPL Software
Subject: Re: [Mailinglist] Fedora 7 x86_64

Hi Jos,

I'm Using AMD Athlon XP 2000+. Support seems to be okay since all hardware
is 
working fine. I have been using 64-bit Fedora linux on this machine since 
2004 September (FC2 X86_64) and haven't had any hardware issues. I haven't 
done much of benchmarking on this, but however there doesn't seem to be much

of a big performance advantage over the 32 bit Fedora. I'm running 64-bit 
system only to learn it better. If you don't like to experiment, I'd suggest

installing a 32-bit version only. Mainly because a few things are still 
missing on 64-bit version, such as flash plugin. Also certain wifi cards 
using ndiswrapper will not work in the 64-bit version. That's all what I
have 
encountered so far. Back in 2004 there seemed to be some issues with wine 
running 32-bit windows apps, but they are working fine now.

My relevant hardware spec:
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
1 GB DDR 400MHz RAM
Asrock Motherboard with SiS chipset
NVidia GeForce MX 4000 Graphics
2 x Samsung 80 GB SATA HDD, RAID1
Sony DVD RW Drive
Sony FDD

Regards,
Sunjith


On Thursday 28 June 2007, you wrote:
> Hi Sunjith,
>
> Which 64 bit processor you are having?
> I'm planning to buy amd athlon X2 3600+. What about the support,
> performance of Linux in 64 bit processors?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Jos Collin.


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