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</font></b>At 07:00 PM 8/20/2006 -0700, you wrote:<br>
>On 8/20/06, Robin Humble <rjh-tkNKonCg4laeFQavDyXPBQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:<br>
>> On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 03:18:32PM -0400, John Mcgregor
wrote:<br>
>> > Earlier this week
there was a discussion about using the 32 bit<br>
>> >version of Linux on 64 bit machines. I have an Acer laptop
with a Turion<br>
>> >processor on which I would like to do just that. Is it just
as simple as<br>
>> >downloading and burning a 32 bit distro, or is there some
sort of<br>
>> >parameter that I have to pass at the initial boot as
well?<br>
>><br>
>> just install from a 32bit distro.<br>
>><br>
>> no idea why you'd want a 32bit distro on a 64bit machine
though.<br>
>> it'll be slower.<br>
><br>
>There's some benefit to both directions...<br>
><br>
>- In the "running in 32 bit mode" direction, there is the
merit that<br>
>things like Flash players and video codecs and OpenOffice.org and
such<br>
>that are primarily or fundamentally 32 bit code will run with as
few<br>
>layers of complications as possible.<br>
><br>
>- Of course, there will be applications that can benefit from
being<br>
>aware of extra registers and of larger "bit grabs".<br>
><br>
>I don't see indication of there being *enormous* performance<br>
>differences for common "desktop and web browsing and writing
some<br>
>documents" purposes...<br>
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This<br>
>is a roundabout way of saying `don't use combined chains of
`&&'s and<br>
>`||'s unless you think Gödel's theorem is for sissies'.<br>
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