32 vs. 64 bit Linux

[Steve Jardine]

    I have a system that I am running 64 bit Linux on. Let me tell you, the librariers that are split out between /usr
/lib, and /usr/lib64 make compiling a real pain. May packages require going into the Makefiles to compile, or in some
cases having to hand compile some objects.

    Think real hard before using 64 bit Linux yet. If not doing hard core number crunching (video/audio,etc), I would 
think twice.

    Steve

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:57:06 -0400
"Harry Giles" <hg57 at sc.rr.com> wrote:

> I have a new laptop with a Turion 64 x2 processor.  My questions are:
> 
> 1.   Is there any noticeable difference in using a 32 bit distro instead 
> of 64 bit, performance wise?
> 
> 2.   If I load on a 32 bit system, and then later load a 64 bit version 
> that allows you to preserve /home, will there be any issues?
> 
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> Harry G
> 
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