Re: [Sheflug] Google Prepping 64-bit browser for Linux

[Sean Whitton <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 12:15:20PM +0100, Robin Wood wrote:
> I moved away from Arch earlier in the year because of issues with X
> and  evdev and went to Debian but I'm keen to go back to something a
> little  more up-to-date so I might have a play with a few 64 bit
> installs.

You might then consider using Debian Sid, the permanent name of the
unstable distribution, which I am told essentially has you running
Ubuntu without the hand-holding and the like that it provides. Don't get
me wrong, I think Ubuntu is the best way to get people using GNU/Linux,
but if you know what you are doing then Debian Unstable looks like a
good choice.

My desktop is however still stuck on 64-bit Jaunty and I haven't really
had any problems aside from weirdness relating to compiling
applications, because libraries are in different locations. I haven't
noticed any performance increase but then again the only time I have
pushed the system recently was tarring up a 120GB USB drive and I don't
know enough about it all to know if 64-bit would help with that (it
certainly made use of all my 4GB of ram).

S

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