[Discuss] Are you using a 64bit distro?

[stephen hawkes]

Thanks Adrien,

That was exactly what I was looking for. I don't mind some futzing at the beginning, but breaking is not cool. I don't remember how long it took me to get my current setup to where I wanted it (month maybe?), but it has been solid for about a year and a half and I have been very comfortable with the setup.

If you are going back to 32 bit, then it looks like I'll start with it. 

I am now kicking myself for buying something with an ATI chipset. The last laptop was intel (no probs with drivers and compiz/beryl ran fine), my desktops have all been Nvidia (I've avoided ATI like the plague). A friend that uses gentoo convinced me that ATI works fine now and their drivers are now comparable to Nvidia.. now that I am pre-reading guides etc it doesn't sound like that is the case (gentoo users seem to be gluttons for punishment).


----- Original Message -----
From: A Gilmore <agilmore at shaw.ca>
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:44 am
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Are you using a 64bit distro?
To: discuss at vlug.org

> stephen hawkes wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'll be upgrading at the end of the month to a new laptop. 
> Along with deciding how I'll migrate (at this point it looks 
> like I'll just be tar'ing my home folder, as a full new install 
> would be best), I have to decide on 64 bit VS 32 bit.
> > 
> > My distro of choice for laptops is Ubuntu, so I'll be going 
> with the newest release of that. It looks like codecs and such 
> are not a huge problem (like they were when I first had a 64 bit 
> desktop), but I'm not sure if I want to bother with the hassles 
> of setting up and running 32 bit applications for which there 
> are no 64 bit counterparts. 32 bit would be painless, I don't 
> need the extra addressable mem space and I doubt I would notice 
> any performance benefits in daily usage, however if running a 64 
> bit distro has been mainly painless for some of you, then I see 
> no good reason to not go with it.
> > 
> > What do you guys/gals think and what are you running?
> > 
> > Also can anyone recommend a good source for a cheap mini-pci 
> wireless card that has native drivers (intel, atmel or what have 
> you). I expect I will want to toss the broadcom POS in the Dell 
> out the window. I'm running a broadcom card on my current laptop 
> with the native driver (not ndis wrapper), but it looks like the 
> current broadcom abomination will not work with the OS driver. I 
> would really like to avoid the ndis wrapper as it has bit me in 
> the behind before (kernel locks, poor reliability etc).
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Stephen
> > 
> 
> I use 64 bit Ubuntu, and when I install the latest version some 
> weekend 
> I'll be going back to 32.  It works great for the most part 
> but codecs 
> are a pain.  After spending sometime getting it all working 
> again (still 
> with some unresolved issues), it broke again during an update.
> 
> It's not that is awfully difficult to get working, it's more of 
> a 
> personal attitude that 'working' on something that is simply 
> entertainment isn't the best use of my time.
> 
> - Adrien
> 
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