[nzlug] 32bit vs 64bit speed/performance

[Ian Beardslee]

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Pittman <>
To: NZLUG Mailing List <nzlug at linux.net.nz>

> Jack Pivac <> writes:
> 
> > What with a new Ubuntu round the corner I'm going to do a clean
> > install and wondering 32bit or 64bit?
> 
> For a desktop?  Unless you plan to put more than 3GB[1] of memory in it
> then you want a 32-bit Ubuntu on the system.

Which is the only reason I'll be moving from 32bit Fiesty to 64bit Gutsy
... I resent only being able to use 3GB of the 4 I have installed.

I am expecting 'fun and games' with VMWare, wine and proprietory plugins.
 But if I can get VMware working properly and well, I'll have the rest of
my RAM to setup some VMware machines for things that don't behave :-)

Ian