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</font></b>At 01:05 PM 8/21/2006 -0400, you wrote:<br>
>On 8/20/06, John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:<br>
>> Chris Browne wrote:<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>
>> ><br>
>> Thanks Chris, that really helps. The reason that I aked the
question in<br>
>> the first place is that the distro I plan to use is MEPIS --
which<br>
>> does't have a 64 bit version, at least on the basis of the
mirrors that<br>
>> I checked. I am taking courses through the Chang School at
Ryerson.<br>
>> Ryerson seems to be pretty Windows centric in terms of how
written work<br>
>> can be submitted, so I need Open Office ( to be able to
save as a .doc)<br>
>> to work with a minimum of fuss and bother. As well, the laptop
has a<br>
>> Broadcom 43xx wireless nic, so I am likely going to have to
use<br>
>> ndiswrapper in order to get it working. I am sure that there are
people<br>
>> on this list for whom solving these problems on a 64 bit
machine would<br>
>> be a 'no brainer', but I am not in that league yet. :lol:<br>
>><br>
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>Running the 32bit version of OpenOffice on a 64bit Distro is not
a<br>
>problem. It requires some 32bit libraries but most distros handle
that<br>
>all for you.<br>
>-- <br>
>Mark Lane, CET <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org><br>
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