Alan Lord wrote: > > There are too many issues and non-supported applications for native > 64bit platforms. So you end up needing to build a multi-lib system (both > 64 and 32bit libraries) which, to me anyway, feels like bloat that I can > do without.
true > Also, I have yet to see any decent data that provides compelling reasons > such as performance improvement etc to make we want to go to 64bit. I'm, > sure the time will come, and maybe you have specific apps that would > really benefit from bigger address space etc, but I'm a "regular" kind > of Desktop user and there is more headache than benefit in it for me. exactly, right now 64 bit is really only usefull for two purposes, developing applications that use 64 bit, or servers. basic desktop use, stick with 32 bit, fewer build headaches and fewer issues with additional functionality, such as video codecs. Jaqui -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
