On 23/03/2008, Daniel Mons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Senectus . wrote: > > I have 7.10 installed and it just occurred to me that I could be using > > the AMD 64 version :-P > > Is that a complete re-install or is there an upgrade path for that? > > > > > Complete reinstall. Packages and your kernel need to be compiled for > the new architecture, which means replacing every single package on your > system. Of course, that isn't as bad as it seems under Linux. Back up > your /etc and /home folders (and any other locations for stuff you have > installed - like MySQL databases and other things that tend to float > around in /var), and when you build the new system, put them back in, > and everything is back to where it left off. > > However, it needs to be asked, why do you want to upgrade? Do you use > any particular applications that take advantage of 64bit architecture? > Say, like enterprise class databases, calculating of large floating > point numbers (3D rendering, film compositing, etc)? Do you need to use > systems with more than 4GB of RAM (or more accurately, require more than > 4GB of RAM per process)? > > These are where 64bit architectures come into play. You won't see any > performance gain at the average desktop level using 64bit. > > The downside too is that (as someone has already mentioned), proprietary > applications often lag behind free software. Adobe (ex-Macromedia) > Flash still is not built for 64bit Linux - meaning if you're a YouTube > or other flash website regular, you'll have to jump through some hoops > to get 32bit flash working on a 64bit system. Similarly, tools like > Citrix ICA client are not 64bit friendly. > > I admin some rather large Linux servers day to day as my job, and all of > these are 64bit. However, this email is typed to you from my notebook, > running 32bit Ubuntu Gutsy (despite running a 64bit Intel Core2Duo CPU). > While I'm angered by the idea of limiting my choice of platform > somewhat by 3rd party proprietary software, a 32bit desktop is far less > effort to maintain for now, particularly when it comes to using flash > and Citrix access to work. > > -Dan
Ugh.. I was under the impression most of the compatibility issues were over now, Flash (as much as I loathe it) is important to me and citrix is as well. Looks like I'll be leaving it as is. Thanks for the input guys... -- Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 The less you know, the more you believe. - Bono The more you know the less you need to say. - Jim Rohn "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" :-P -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
