On 27 September 2010 22:26, Josh Lawrence <hardbop200@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm late to the party when it comes to 64-bit machines, so apologies > in advance if I am asking something that should be obvious... > > I recently purchased a 64 bit machine and like it a lot, but I've > noticed that some software that is usually available on a 32 bit > machine isn't available in the 64 bit repos that I am using. Can I > install the 32 bit version of my distro (Debian) on my 64 bit machine? > I'm assuming that would give me access to all 32 bit software. It > would also be a performance hit, correct? > Yes, you can install the 32 bit version. From what I have heard, the performance difference is not significant, but the major benefit of 64 bit is being able to address more than 4 GB of memory, which is the limit of what a 32 bit OS can use. Fritz _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
