Better 32 or 64 bit?

[Emanuele_Z]

One quick question...

Given that you should not be able to call 64bit libraries from 32bit executables (when the arguments are put on the stack if there's a long everything gets screwed...), if I install a 32 bit app (World of Goo as example), will it require the install of all other 32 bit libraries as well?

Am I right?

Example:

ema@blademaster:~$ file /usr/bin/wine
/usr/bin/wine: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, stripped
ema@blademaster:~$ ldd /usr/bin/wine
	linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf77bf000)
	libwine.so.1 => /usr/bin/../lib32/libwine.so.1 (0xf7681000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf764e000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7509000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7505000)
	/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf77c0000)

[NoaHall]

Yes. But it's easy to do so. "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" I think. Not sure, don't tend to use it - there's a 64 bit version of world of goo.

[jward3010]

I'm still on 32bit in both Windows and Linux. I just haven't seen a compelling reason to switch yet.
I might make the jump when Lucid gets out the gate.

I mean there's no real advantage unless you have more than 3.3GB's of memory and you really need those 8 to 10 seconds advantage in a 45 minute video encode.

If there's any compelling reason it's that you may notice bugs, flaws, fixes to be made in 64-bit which you can give feedback on and hence improve the HELL out of it.

[Emanuele_Z]

Yes. But it's easy to do so. "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs" I think. Not sure, don't tend to use it - there's a 64 bit version of world of goo.

Hehe I forced the install..now happily using the 32bit on 64bit one...

Cheers,

[NoaHall]

Hehe I forced the install..now happily using the 32bit on 64bit one...

Cheers,

No problem If you have any problems with it, try installing the 32 bit libraries anyway. I don't have them installed at all, but that's because I use only 64 bit apps, now that they are around It was a bit harder when 64 bit apps were rare.

[naveen8888]

Not necessarily. Sometimes 64 bit is a bit unstable

[jward3010]

Overall, the advantage of 64 bit over 32 is the amount of memory it addresses, secondly it's the up and coming CPU architecture and more than likely 32-bit will be slowly phased out. So it's worth if you have it to install 64-bit editions of Ubuntu, Windows 7, Slackware, whatever!

[NoaHall]

Not necessarily. Sometimes 64 bit is a bit unstable

No, it's not.

[alakazam]

32 bit is what has the most potential to hold Linux & Windows back, All new Apple mac's are 64 bit bringing out the speed and opening up to knew technologies and by experience I know are rock solid, Apple need not focus now on 32 bit.

[Roasted]

no, it's not.

+1