[sf-lug] use 32 or 64 bit on 64 bit capable hardware: Re: installing minimal debian and building on that

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Alex Kleider (akleider at sonic.net):

> Michael,
> Just read this after posting a response/question to Rick's response-
> Since I've never run into RAM problems running Ubuntu (I'm pretty
> sure that's the amd64 os) on my ThinkPad X301, perhaps the amd64
> would still be best in view of what you've written (i.e. continued
> support.)

There are, FYI, more concerns in addition to that one, which is why I
pointed to just that.  For a fairly comprehensive list, please see the
Pro and Con link I posted upthread.

(And I did specifically mention the matter of IA32's ongoing dying.)

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