On 09/16/2010 01:54 PM, Shane Tuohy wrote:
> I know it's anecdotal evidence, but whatever. I've been on 64 bit since '08,
> when I got a laptop capable of it. It was a bit of a pain at the start,
> especially with Flash, but to be honest, there haven't been many problems.
> This has been my experience using 64 bit Ubuntu, Arch and Crunchbang. You
> don't notice much of a difference really, as far as I can remember.
had some problems setting up the WiFi on my last 64bit machine. in the
end, had to use MadWifi to fix it
(http://verens.com/2008/04/12/hp-g6000-in-linux/)
but - as long as the laptop isn't /too/ leading-edge, I wouldn't expect
any problems.
kae
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