Re: 32bit vs 64bit

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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 21:29 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Henning Larsen writes:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have 32 and 64bit pc's with f9, I believe 32bit is less troublesome,
> > Is there any big loss in speed running 32bit f9 on 64bit cpu?
> 
> There's some speed penalty. Native 64 bit application benefit from having 
> more 64 bit registers on the CPU.
> 
> > Is 32bit more stable than 64bit?
> 
> Define "stable". If "does a 64 bit kernel crash more often than a 32 bit 
> kernel", the answer is no. 64 bit is on the parity with 32 bit when it comes 
> to general stability.
> 
> Now, when it comes to non-free binary blob device drivers, the availability 
> of non-free binary blobs is somewhat better for 32 bit than for 64 bit. To 
> my knowledge, there is no 64 bit version of a browser Flash plugin.
> 
> If you do not need Flash, and you do not use non-free binary blob device 
> drivers, 64 bit will work just as well as 32 bit.
> 
> -- 

Ok that's the problem, I want flash, I wait and see if someone fix that.
?????

Henning

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