New computer - x64 or x32?

[Kevin Cozens]

William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> I've got a new computer with a AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core chip in it,
> and I'm wondering if I should put a 64-bit Linux on it, or just stick to
> a 32-bit system.  Pros?  Cons?

At the present time it is difficult to almost impossible to use a 64-bit OS 
and keep it clean of 32-bit files. The level of difficulty depends on what 
applications you use. You can install the 64-bit OS and most things will be 
fine but some applications will result in you pulling in a buch of 32-bit 
stuff in order to do some other common things.

My day to day OS is 32-bit. I also have a 64-bit OS installed in another 
partition that has no 32-bit files in it at all. In the 64-bit OS I can't run 
Opera, 32-bit plug-ins for Firefox (such as the flashplayer), or Adobe Acrobat 
Reader. There is also a fourth application I can't run that is not available 
in 64-bit but I can't remember what it is.

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