Re: [LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Jostein Chr. Andersen wrote:
> måndag 27 september 2010 22.26.17 skrev Josh Lawrence:
> > 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?
> > I'm assuming that would give me access to all 32 bit software. It
> > would also be a performance hit, correct?
>
> Another thing you might miss on a 64-bit machine/OS is the lack of real VST
> support (AFAIK) and some commercial native 64-bit Linux apps like Guitar Pro.

i develop fst on a 64bit machine.

> I made a decision to use 64 bit only; I have several big sound sample libs
> (like NDK where the Hihat alone weighs more than 3.5 GB!) and did not want to
> have any memory limits, so VST's just don't exists in my world. I know that's
> a lot of great VST's around, I just don't care and is (in my ignorance) more
> than happy with what the 64-bit world can offer without wrappers for 32-bit
> programs and wine. Well, to be honest: I miss a 64-bit version of Guitar Pro.

sometimes running 32bit apps is a bit of hassle, but it is possible.
distros fuck this up sometimes.

-- 
torben Hohn
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