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I saw this sticky (The "Should You Choose 32-bit or 64-bit Linux", I'm not allowed to hyperlink yet ), and saw it's been a year since the last update. Does ...
  1. 10-07-2009 #1
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    32 vs 64 bit



    I saw this sticky (The "Should You Choose 32-bit or 64-bit Linux", I'm not allowed to hyperlink yet ), and saw it's been a year since the last update. Does it still apply now?
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    There's a recent poll about this in the Coffee Lounge:

    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/cof...vs-64-bit.html

    Personally, I can't see myself ever returning to 32-bit Linux.
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    Thanks for reminding me about that thread. Yes, my recommendations are still valid. With one recent exception (Ubuntu 9.04) I'd say that the performance you get out of 64-bit versions of Linux is still equal to that of 32-bit. There are no tangible advantages in that regard, but at the same time you shouldn't have any more problems using 64-bit over 32-bit.
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    64bit is appropriate if you are going to need more that 3-4 GB of RAM (real or virtual), or if you want to run 64bit clients in virtual machines. I have been running 64bit CentOS (RHEL) 5 for going on 2 years now and have had no problems with it. It will happily run 32bit software as well.
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  5. 10-31-2009 #5
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    I have been installing 64-bit distros without encountering any problems. They are very stable now.
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