Posts Tagged ‘32 bit’

The other day I switched back to a 32bit Debian Lenny install on my main computer. The advantages to a 64bit system on a desktop are debatable, but rather minimal. The only real advantage and motivation to using 64bit was I had a system with 4 gigs of memory. However, some programs acquired from third party sources are not compiled for 64bit kernels, such as Mozilla’s Binaries for Firefox. With that said, where a 64bit OS really excels is with business grade servers.