28 Sep
2010
28 Sep
'10
12:08 p.m.
Josh Lawrence wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm late to the party when it comes to 64-bit machines, so apologies
in advance if I am asking something that should be obvious...
I recently purchased a 64 bit machine and like it a lot, but I've
noticed that some software that is usually available on a 32 bit
machine isn't available in the 64 bit repos that I am using. Can I
install the 32 bit version of my distro (Debian) on my 64 bit machine?
Sure, that's what I have running on my AMD64 box.
I'm assuming that would give me access to all 32
bit software. It
would also be a performance hit, correct?
Don't know about that much. On my little Sempron, 64-bit Linux distros
running from live CD/DVDs seems quicker than the installed 32-bit Linux.
But that could just be visual - better or newer video drivers.
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