On Mi, 09 feb 11, 11:57:49, Boblitz John wrote: > We are internally debating whether to install the 64bit port on our > 64bit machine. > > Are there any reasons to NOT use the 64bit port?
Here are some things I have encountered: - skype works only with some ugly hacks - flash had some security issues for a while, workaround was to use the 32bit version with ugly hacks - in a mixed environment you can not use packages from the other port (depending on your environment this can be pro or con) - it seems amd64 uses a bit more RAM and can be slower under specific circumstances These are all general considerations, since you said nothing about your environment, application, hardware, ... Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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