Bye-bye 64 bit

piratesmack · 03-05-2009, 09:53 AM

I'm not sure why, but I think I am going to reinstall 32 bit Slackware today.

samac · 03-05-2009, 10:48 AM

Obviously you are just a tease :-)

Go on tell us why.

samac

piratesmack · 03-05-2009, 11:18 AM

I guess pretty much just because I have no need for a 64 bit OS right now

brianL · 03-05-2009, 11:31 AM

Me neither.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ckware-709066/

lumak · 03-05-2009, 11:42 AM

64 bit has twice the calories and cholesterol without any added flavor. I'm sure they will get the formula correct after another year or so.

paulsm4 · 03-05-2009, 11:59 AM

If you need 64-bit - you *absolutely* need it.

If you don't need 64-bit - you don't need it at all.

And the beauty is we can all have our cake and eat it too: there's really no downside to running a 32-bit OS on 64-bit hardware (except, of course, for IA64/Itanium. Which, fortunately, is a whole different story...)

IMHO .. PSM

slackass · 03-05-2009, 12:14 PM

I run both Slamd64 and BW64 just to complicate my “learning curve” and I like them both because they keep me learning.
I don't need 64 bit but it's fun to mess around with.

The Mighty Slack is what I run for my serious distro..

piratesmack · 03-05-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackass

I run both Slamd64 and BW64 just to complicate my “learning curve” and I like them both because they keep me learning.
I don't need 64 bit but it's fun to mess around with.

That's basically the same reason I was using them.
But once I got my system all set up and my favorite software compiled for 64 bit, I got bored. So now I'm back to slack.

ephemeros · 03-05-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by piratesmack

That's basically the same reason I was using them.
But once I got my system all set up and my favorite software compiled for 64 bit, I got bored. So now I'm back to slack.

so why did you get bore of the 64 system if it's basically the same? lack of applications, or what?

piratesmack · 03-05-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ephemeros

so why did you get bore of the 64 system if it's basically the same? lack of applications, or what?

Nah, I was able to compile pretty much everything I use for 64 bit.
But I have less than 4 GBs of RAM and there wasn't any noticeable performance difference for what I do. Plus with BW64 and Slamd64 I had to wait a little longer for security updates.

I'll probably get bored of my Slackware 32 bit install within a few weeks. But when that happens, I'll upgrade to Slackware-current. That should be pretty fun