Joel Roth schreef: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:40:48PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote: >> I just got my Compaq laptop CQ40-115AU and I want to install Lenny >> AMD64. What's the different if I use AMD64 instead of i386. My main >> use of laptop is for word processing and virtualization. >> >> Can any of AMD64 user share their experience or perhaps a bit of advice? > > A lot of the amd64 nerds out there are busy installing 32-bit > chroot environments to run software the doesn't run under > amd64. Why? I have no software that doesn't run in 64-bit mode. There are a few 32 bit programmes that run fine with the ia32libs-package, and for Skype you download the static build. > Of course, I want to do fast multimedia processing, which > the amd64 excels at, but in actual fact, my amd64 debian > installation is languishing, and I do my day-to-day stuff > under i386. I do my day to day stuff in a amd64, and I do have the impression may others too. So, as long as you don't need your kernel to run 32-bit drivers you should be fine. And as 64 bit is the future, why not move now?
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