On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:28:57AM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Siddharth Ravikumar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am planning to build my own computer . I have choosen to use intel > > i3 as my processor , I just want to know whether debian amd64 will be > > the right debian port If am to use intel i3 ? . > > > > i have not yet bought the processor , so I would like to know whether > > 32-bit processor or 64-bit processor is recommended given the fact > > that I use only GNU/Linux based operating system . > > There's somewhat more software that runs on IA-32 than on x86_64. The > sorts of things that people find missing on x86_64 are: > > - Adobe Flash
Well at the moment 64bit flash is broken but it is possible to install and use. Flash on linux is in general rather bad though. > - Possibly Skype > - Third party things provided in binary form (e.g. - no sources) > > If you care about those sorts of applications a lot, then that should > certainly influence your decision, probably towards 32 bit. > > If not, then there's still often not *strong* reason to prefer 64 bit > - it's not vastly superior on all kinds of workloads, though there are > considerable advantages for applications that can really use a lot of > memory. If you want to use more than 3GB ram efficiently, or get the most out of your system, use 64bit. For a bit less hassles, use 32bit. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
