Re: 32 versus 64 bit reading list suggestions
On Mon 07 Sep 2020 at 17:17:12 (+0300), Reco wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 08:44:28AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I have two underlying questions:
> > 1. As everything I currently use runs fine, what would I gain by switching to amd64 flavor?
>
> Short term - you'll gain nothing. Everything will work exactly the same, barring
> third-party software (if any).
>
> Long term - Debian is one of the last major distributions that keeps
> i386 supported. Sooner or later Debian will follow the current trend of
> dropping i386. It won't happen in bullseye though.
>
> > 2.What 32 bit utilities are there to identify the hardware capabilities of a particular machine?
>
> If you mean, "how do I check if my Intel/AMD CPU has that 64-bit
> capability", then it's:
>
> lscpu | grep -w lm
>
> Otherwise your question is too broad.
The OP is notoriouly tight on bandwidth, so they might want to
stick with i386 until their final i386-only machine expires.
(Again, assuming they aren't swayed by third-party software.)
Cheers,
David.
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