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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by McRat View Post

    Now I don't know this for a fact but:

    You won't be able at address more than 4GB of memory with a 32bit CPU, nor a HDD larger than 2 TB, IIRC.

    So the main reason to run 64 bit is to go past 4GB and 2 TB?
    That is correct.

    Quote Originally Posted by McRat View Post
    A) It doesn't come with a GUI, but that is easily fixed.
    That is not. Maybe you tried with the server version?

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by Sub101 View Post
    That is correct.



    That is not. Maybe you tried with the server version?
    Yup. I was building a file server. The only two versions I saw were 32 GUI and 64 Server.
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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by Sub101 View Post
    That is correct.



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    But it's always hard to say something can't be done.

    Remember the 80286 CPU? That was a 16-bit processor. In theory it could not address more than 64k. But it could actually use 640k for program area by paging. Segmented Addressing?

    Could somebody come up with BIOS that could permit a 32bit CPU chip to use paging? Or use a HDD past 2TB? This I can't say.
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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by McRat View Post
    So the main reason to run 64 bit is to go past 4GB and 2 TB?
    You guys may or may not have seen this.
    http://www.tuxradar.com/content/ubun...bit-benchmarks

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by philinux View Post
    You guys may or may not have seen this.
    http://www.tuxradar.com/content/ubun...bit-benchmarks
    Great link!

    I'd like to see that broken down by file size though. It is looking like the bigger the files you process, the more important 64bit is.

    But for many users, their computer processing speed is not a bottle neck.
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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    I've been running 64-bit Linux for about a year now (still on 9.04), and the only thing I could see that may stop new users is crummy Flash support. 64-bit 9.04 and I think 10.04 both us 32-bit Flash with a wrapper to work on 64-bit, and this causes LOTS of problems. 64-bit Flash for Linux is out there, but it's still Alpha... though I find it much more stable than using 32-bit Flash w/ wrapper on 64-bit Linux.

    Outside of this, I don't know what other problems new users would face since most everything I've seen in the repositories is out there for both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux.

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by Lucky. View Post
    I use 64 bit, but darn it all each time I do an install I have to screw around to get Flash working properly. This could be a turn off for tons of users.
    Screw around with what? Takes me 30 seconds to install. Just put the 64bit libflashplayer.so file into /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins folder. Easy.

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by McRat View Post

    A) It doesn't come with a GUI, but that is easily fixed.
    Where have you been? Maybe back in '04 64bit was different, but I can assure you 64bit ubuntu has a gui just like 32bit. There's really no difference.

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by JDShu View Post
    I stopped using 64 bit because of this issue. I don't want to hunt around the internet for instructions if I can help it.
    Hunt for what? Are you capable of putting a file into /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins ? If so, that's all you have to do. I don't know why people make a mountain out of a mole hill.

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    Re: what is going on64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

    Quote Originally Posted by McRat View Post
    But it's always hard to say something can't be done.

    Remember the 80286 CPU? That was a 16-bit processor. In theory it could not address more than 64k. But it could actually use 640k for program area by paging. Segmented Addressing?

    Could somebody come up with BIOS that could permit a 32bit CPU chip to use paging? Or use a HDD past 2TB? This I can't say.
    True, but incomplete. My first x86 machine had an 80286. True, the data bus was 16bit, but, if memory serves correctly, the addresses were 24 bit. Have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80286
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