64-bit or 32-bit Linux

[Tyler Aviss]

In addition to the possible issues mentioned by other there seem to be
a bunch of little differences in terms of packages available. I
noticed that some of the various theme, cursor, etc packages I like
weren't in amd64.

That being said, you can grab the ia32 version and install them anyways with
dpkg --force-architecture somepackage.deb

So it's something of a moot point in many cases unless the package has
specific ia32 dependencies.




On Dec 12, 2007 9:26 AM, lada-h8kxHjy+vg4AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <lada-h8kxHjy+vg4AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I have been running 32-bit Kubuntu for a while and it has been working
> quite well. I am considering to switch to 64-bit Gutsy. Are there any
> caveats to be aware of, like limited package availability? Also, is there a
> significant speed improvement when running in 64-bit mode?
> TIA
>
> Ladislav Svatos
>
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