Reasons ro choose Kubuntu over Knoppix?
Max Q
maxq at maxqnzs.com
Mon Aug 7 22:28:46 UTC 2006
Raphaƫl Pinson wrote:
> As Tez said, you don't need to use the 64 bit version. You have to
> decide whether it's worth it for you or not. Using the 64 bit version
> will be a bit (10% maybe) faster than using the 32 bit version.
> However, some programs (in particular proprietary software:
> Macromedia Flash, Sun Java, etc.) are not available for 64 bit, and
> it'll be harder to use them (you could use a chroot for example).
>
> So think about whether losing Flash and Java is worth gaining 10%
> speed (for me it is, maybe not for you ;)).
Thanks to you both for clearing that up. Since the sort of stuff I'm
going to be doing in Linux is not particularly demanding, I think I'll
stick with 32-bit for now.
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