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aznsmartj0ck

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Registered: 2010-06-29

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Arch 64 or 32 bit?

I have installed arch before on my system about a month ago, but it was kinda slow and sluggish, even though i had a very minimal setup with XFCE.  So I switched back to ubuntu.  However, Ubuntu is giving me a lot of problems right now, and i'm considering going back to arch.  Since I think that the fact that I used a 64 bit arch isntall at first may have caused some compatibility issues, what would you recommend for my system? 

Laptop Specs:
Intel Core2Duo T5250
Intel GMA 965
4GB RAM

Last edited by aznsmartj0ck (2010-08-03 20:18:47)

qchapter

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Registered: 2009-06-17

Posts: 43

Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

If you use 32bit only apps like Skype or the Adobe Flash Plugin, the decision is easy: 32bit.  By the way this question has been discussed ad nauseum, please search the forums and the wiki before posting:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=502393
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ

some-guy94

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 360

Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

64-bit, even if you will use 32-bit apps, go with 64-bit.

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

not again !!

This issue has been hammered down so much, there is hardly any new info that anybody can add.

Use the search feature on our website. Also use Google. and even our amazing Arch wiki to get all the information that you want.

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cesura

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Registered: 2010-01-23

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Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

Please, please, please, a thousand times...use the Wiki!!!!

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arc … of_Arch.3F

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schen

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Registered: 2009-06-06

Posts: 468

Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

If you use 32bit only apps like Skype or the Adobe Flash Plugin, the decision is easy: 32bit.  By the way this question has been discussed ad nauseum, please search the forums and the wiki before posting:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=502393
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ

This is very wrong. First of all, Skype has a version for 64-bit in the AUR. While it is technically a 32-bit binary, it works. The adobe flash plugin has the last released version in the AUR(although i wouldn't suggest using that for security reasons), or you can use nspluginwrapper at the cost of a little bit of performance, but it also works. You can also use a free version of flash, like lightspark player or gnash. Or you could just use a chroot to install a bundled 32-bit system in your 64-bit version.(Which is what I use.)

But I do agree that you should search the forums and wiki.

qchapter

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Registered: 2009-06-17

Posts: 43

Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

This is very wrong.

Wrong? Not really.  I just prefer to use a 32bit install until these apps are available in 64bit native binaries, since I use them both heavily.  Has nothing to do with being wrong or right.  Just personal preference.  I suppose I could have rephrased my initial response to better reflect that it was a personal opinion.

The OP should search the wiki and forums, and make up his own mind which environment would best suit his needs.

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Re: Arch 64 or 32 bit?

I think he gets the gist by now.

To the topic starter: please do some research, this topic has been covered at length.

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