is 64 bit ready for primetime yet?

[Errol Sapir]

On 04/04/2011 05:10 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>
>
> 2011/4/2 Paul Lemmons <paul at lemmons.name <mailto:paul at lemmons.name>>
>
>     When Natty comes out I am planning on doing a clean install. My
>     first on this particular machine since Feisty. I am considering
>     the 64 bit version. The machine has more than 4GB of ram so I have
>     been successfully running the pae version without any real
>     hiccups.  It has been a long time since I considered "real" 64 bit
>     and was wondering has it matured to the point where it is as
>     smooth, application and stability wise, as the 32 bit version? In
>     particular: Firefox? Flash? Java? VMWare Workstation?
>
>
> I consider the 64 bit version quite stable. About the specific 
> applications you mentioned:
> Firefox - as stable as its plugins allow it to be. If a plugin 
> crashes, all browser windows crash, but it's the same in the 32 bit 
> version (at least for now. Firefox 4 is supposed to change this, but I 
> didn't test it yet).
> Flash - unstable. But the 32 bit version is not very stable either.
> Java - very stable
> VMWare Workstation - I don't use it, but I use Virtualbox and it is 
> very stable.
>
> In my opinion, flash is the most unstable software among those I use 
> in the 64 bit version. And, because of it, Firefox may become unstable 
> too. However, without flash installed, Firefox is reasonably stable.
> All other applications I use are very stable in the 64 bit version.
>
> []'s
> Marcelo

Is having more than 4 giga ram the only or main reason to use the 64 bit 
installation? Are there any advantages to using the 64 bit with less 
than 4 giga. I have a 64 bit machine but less than 4 giga ram. Should I 
change to 64 bit Kubuntu?

Errol
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