Hi
Using the 64bit should give a significant speed improvement as the code
will be complied to use a lot of the optimized op codes. The 32bit versions
of software are usually compiled to a base instruction set so that work on
all machines. but as Intel has introduced new opcodes as the platform ha
I switched to 64-bit with 12.04, and have not noticed anything at all.
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On 2012-11-14 17:02, Rob Beard wrote:
> IIRC if you want to run processes with more than 4GB memory then you need a
> 64-Bit OS, but even with 4GB Ram you can use all the memory if you enable
> the kernel with PAE support.
With PAE you can use the RAM in total. However, each process is still
limit
Nigel Verity wrote:
> I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So
> far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems,
> either
> with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times,
> I'm considering 64-bit next time
On 14/11/12 15:40, Nigel Verity wrote:
Hi
I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh
install. So far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to
no problems, either with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need
to keep up with the times, I'm considering 64
I have run 64-bit on the desktop for almost 5 years now. Even 32-bit apps
like Skype run just fine now, thanks to multi-arch. Just use 64-bit, and
install what you want from the package manager. It'll work.
Tyler
On 2012-11-14 16:40, Nigel Verity wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm thinking about upgrading to X
Hi
I'm thinking about upgrading to Xubuntu 12.10. It will be a fresh install. So
far I've always gone for the 32-bit version and had next to no problems, either
with the OS or applications. Conscious of the need to keep up with the times,
I'm considering 64-bit next time. Are there any real adva
