Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-06 Thread Dave Thayer
On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 02:52:09PM +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: [...] > in fact, you can run mixed system, or 64-bit kernel on 32-bit userspace. > (32bit debian contains 64bit kernel) > If you want use virtualbox on a mixed system you'll have to jump through a bunch of hoops involving chr

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Dan Hart
From my experience, unless you are doing major graphics/video or audio editing, 32bit should suffice...but as another thread indicated, evaluate all your apps and see what will be beneficial in the long run. Dan On 02/04/2016 01:49 PM, Boris wrote: Am 04.02.2016 um 20:32 schrieb Stefan Monnie

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Boris
Am 04.02.2016 um 20:32 schrieb Stefan Monnier: >> I have been using Debian in my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 from 2007 onwards. >> I have the latest upgrade Stretch/sid on it. >> This laptop has Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40 GHz and was having >> 2GB RAM. But this week I have upgraded the RAM to

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I have been using Debian in my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 from 2007 onwards. > I have the latest upgrade Stretch/sid on it. > This laptop has Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40 GHz and was having > 2GB RAM. But this week I have upgraded the RAM to 4GB and replaced the HDD > with a new Intel SSD 120

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread stefano gozzi
Even Android/ARM is going to use 64bit as a standard... so I would use everywhere (desktop/notebook/server/hypervisor/virtual guest) 64bit arch, except for ultra-small systems, as a small virtual server with 512Mb or Raspberry/embedded systems or very old system <1Gb of Ram. In many new systems, li

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Aleksandar Atanasov
Hi Jos :) ​Yes, there are some performance benefits but it really depends on the scenario. Many Linux applications have lived a lot longer in a 32bit environment hence they are better tested than their 64bit counterparts. As for the minimum RAM required it's the same as the 32bit version (see http

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 04.02.16 18:04, Jos Collin wrote: Yes, I'm using PAE enabled kernel at the moment. So from your replies and from the stackexchange url, I understand that using 64 bit Debian is better and having better performance than 32-bit. Unless there is a good reason to use 32-bit OS. So I would like to

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
Yes, I'm using PAE enabled kernel at the moment. So from your replies and from the stackexchange url, I understand that using 64 bit Debian is better and having better performance than 32-bit. Unless there is a good reason to use 32-bit OS. So I would like to go for a 64-bit Debian installation. Wh

Re: Debian 32-bit or 64-bit

2016-02-04 Thread Jos Collin
Thanks for the quick response. I'm planning to use the system for programming purposes. Like C++, java, python, Qt, eclipse, Android studio, ssh, ftp etc. I will be using icedove, iceweasel all the time. Will 64-bit programs slows down the system, as it doubles the memory allocation than 32-bit p