On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:17 PM, Jeremy Olexa <jolexa at jolexa.net> wrote: > On 02/18/2011 04:30 PM, Yaron wrote: > >> Um. Linux has been doing 64-bit for ages now. It's pretty much rock >> solid. I can't think of any reason why you'd run in 32-bit on 64-bt >> capable hardware unless you're going to be using 32-bit applications... >> which you're probably not going to do. >> > > Well, I still choose to install 32bit installs where I don't have >4G RAM > since I don't /need/ to program for 64bit installs and/or have other 64bit > hardware to test on. So, to answer the OP: do what you want ;) > > -Jeremy > > 32-bit software runs just fine on 64-bit platforms so long as all of their requisite shared libraries are present, which is the same requirement they have on 32-bit systems too. ;) These days I don't even really think about 32-bit vs. 64-bit much anymore. I go 64-bit by default and it hasn't caused me any issues on Linux or Windows 7. Ad the original poster noted - there are key technologies that must be in place. I suspect they are available in a 64-bit world now - just verify that and you should be good to go. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110219/a22707c6/attachment.html>