Building new hardware with 64 bit cpu, just wondering what the consensis is on version to install 32 or 64. Will all of the packages i want to run have to be 64 bit versions? Will I still be able to run wow with wine on 64 bit. Should i just install 32 for now? (Installing suse 10.2)..

Thanks...

I suggest you run 32-bit. While I use both, unless you have a particular need for 64-bit there are downsides that most users would not be happy with:

1- Increased memory usage
2- Multilib issues (32-bit and 64-bit libraries co-existing)
3- The need to install some 32-bit versions of applications for compatibility (e.g., Firefox)
4- Increased maintenance complexity

On the plus side, if you have applications that exploit 64-bit functionality, you can see a performance benefit. If you don't spend a significant amount of time with these applications, the benefit may not outweigh the overhead.

I think you should peruse this forum and Suse's as this has been discussed ad nauseam. I'm running 64-bit and there's very few issues (pretty much none for me) but it's dependent on what you use.

There is some additional work and it might be debatable if the advantages are really worth it but depending ..........

Wine is 32bit even under Linux 64bit so WOW .......

To me the only killer (so far) is ndiswrapper, as there aren't a lot of 64bit wireless drivers.

You could do a clean install on a seperate partition, give it a try and then ...............