kubuntu 32-bit on a 64-bit machine

[jakykong at theanythingbox.com]

> I'm building a 64-bit sempron desktop system for a novice user who's used
to Windows.  I know it's possible to set up a chroot environment to run
32-bit plugins for the browser, but for a non-sophisticated user that seems
like it would be hard to maintain updates, etc.
>  
>  Will there be much of a performance hit if I run 32-bit Kubuntu on a
64-bit machine?  It seems like a simpler way of handling the plugin problem.
>  
>  Dan

As far is i know (doing exactly that -- packages built for 64-bit are too
limited and the lagrest advantage of 64-bit is that it can handle more
memory, that's about it as far as i know), there is little or no performance
issues with 32-bit.

On AMD chips, you start up in 16-bit, switch to 32-bit (just as you do on
pre-64-bit intel chips), then you switch from there to 64-bit. Intel's chips
work a little differently. As long as you're using a sempron, logically, all
the OS has to do is stop at 32-bit. Since it isn't programmed for 64-bit,
that is automatic. So there should be no performance issues with 32-bit
kubuntu on a 64-bit computer
 -jack

BY THE WAY i should note this is my first post in this newsgroup.