New Computer, what should I install?

[Kristian Hermansen]

markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> Sigh, I thought that was the case. When it comes time to upgrade my
> servers, I'd go 64bit with no second thoughts. My "home" machine, I like
> to surf the net and other "user" stuff, that's why I use Kubuntu. If
> there's no flash, I can't hit some of the sites I like, so 64bit won't
> work for me yet.

I use Flash on AMD64, so maybe you misinterpreted my post.  I can go to 
Youtube and such, just as I would with 32-bit Linux.  You just need to 
use nspluginwrapper.  It works for everything except Sun's Java plugin.
http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/

> What is better in 64bit than it is in 32bit? and why?

One requires a 64-bit system to hack/test 64-bit code, which I do 
occasionally.  Additionally, transcoding videos can actually be much 
faster, and is why I went 64-bit initially.  I will have to come up with 
a test case for you (like -> mencoder foo.avi ...), but you would need 
to verify it on a 32-bit install.  Of course, 32-bit on 64-bit hardware 
is no slouch either, and X2 hardware has some great stuff that is 
pertinent even in 32-bit environments.  I have read white papers and 
know from experience that it is faster on 64-bit for video transcoding. 
  However, my knowledge of the hardware details ends there, so you 
should talk to some EEs @ AMD...
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Kristian Hermansen

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