On Wednesday 18 June 2014 13:56:51 you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I agree with Nik on this one. Switching to 64 bit does not make as
> much changes as it seems to do theorically. If you are reinstalling
> everything, you can go for it, but it is not worth loosing all your
> ''computer setup'' for that.
>
> -Alexandre
>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:23:31 -0400
> > From: Howland@...
> > To: trinity-users@...
> > Subject: Re: [trinity-users] 64 bit?
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Timothy Pearson
> >
> > <kb9vqf@...> wrote:
> > > The only major difference between the various TDE architectures
> > > is how they are built--it is the same source code for any of
> > > them, so the decision to go with i386/amd64 is generally made
> > > based on needed features for other applications such as the >4GB
> > > per-process memory limit amd64 offers.
> > >
> > > Tim
> >
> > Doing CPU mining of some cryptocoins, I ran the same mining
> > software (compiled for 32 or 64 bit of course) on 32bit Debian
> > Linux, then 64bit Debian, on the same hardware.
> >
> > The 64bit mining achieved nearly twice the hashes per second as the
> > 32bit.
> >
> > If this is true of more than just the mining software, it could be
> > the reason for the apparent speed-up.
> >
> > WINE still has only 32bit binaries, which is sad, but I live with
> > that because of Debian's "multi-arch".
> >
> > Curt-
> >

One more datapoint...the default i386 kernel in Debian now is PAE.



Peace,

Greg