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.
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Tue Sep 28 16:15:01 2010
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