32- or 64-bit

[Paul Lemmons]

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:17:39 -0700, O. Sinclair <orion2000za at yahoo.co.uk>  
wrote:

> Right,
>
> new computer on the horizon (next week) and it has 3Gb RAM and iCore 5
> and what what.
>
> So the question is: stay on good-old 32-bit Kubuntu or leap into the
> future of 64-bit? I know the thing about memory addressing but 3Gb is
> not quite there if I get it?
>
> is 64-bit ready? Will I notice improved speed?
>
> Opinions on speed, compatibility issues etc most welcome!
>
> Sinclair

Stick with 32-bit. I have an machine with 18GB RAM and am accessing all of  
it using the PAE kernel. Most everything works in 64-bit but all of  
everything works 32-bit. Until I can get rid of the "most" in that  
statement I will stay with 32-bit.