<div dir="ltr">Read this for a comparison in performance for 32 bit, and 64 bit linux: <a href="http://bingouv.blogspot.com/2008/08/desktop-linux-performance-comparison32.html">http://bingouv.blogspot.com/2008/08/desktop-linux-performance-comparison32.html</a> . To summarize, you will notice the difference between 32 bit and 64 bit for CPU intensive tasks. But it won't change the world. This comparison is based on Fedora-9. thanks <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <<a href="mailto:pocallaghan@gmail.com">pocallaghan@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 22:51 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Do you have libflashsupport installed? Note that on 64-bit systems > you > > need both the i386 and x86_64 versions. > > > > (BTW, this has to be one of the most frequenty asked questions on > this > > list). > > That might be the reason. I do not have any 32 bit stuff installed, > and have > "exclude=*.i386 *.i586 *.i686" in yumconf. Installing any 32 bit stuff > adds > so much bloat, that it's just not worth it. Your choice of course. poc -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </blockquote></div> </div>