Brian Chadwick wrote: > to be fairer, how much faster is the processor as well? any new 64-bit > processor is faster than the top of the line 32 bit one of a few years > ago, mind you my Athlon Xp-3200+ is heaps for me > >> To be fair, the extra RAM probably also helped. >> >> Kevin Kofler Yes, I thought the RAM might be a factor, but I was never using all I had previously (although I never checked the usage during a yum update). My comparison is based of the same processor, the intel core 2 duo e6320, no hardware change, except previously I used i386 with 2GB RAM, now I use x86_64 with 4GB RAM. Also, there are other factors, like kde was painfully slow before (it would take 2+ seconds to advance 1 line in Dolphin, for example), likely something to do with OpenGL desktop effects, the xorg-intel driver, mesa, what-have- you. This appears to be working MUCH MUCH smoother, AFAICT so far. I am confused about installing mozilla plugins. Do I just yum install, or do I have to do something special (for adobe flash-plugin, there was already some discussion). Also, I noticed in the repo that some programs/libraries/what-have-you exist in duplicate, for x86_64 and i386. MUST I install both? Will yum automatically grab both if required, etc? I don't want to pollute this virgin system with 32-bit, unless I absolutely have to. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
