For the longest time, I have stuck with Kubuntu 32bit because I don't have excessive amounts of RAM and I have always heard there is better developer support (ie more apps available) for 32bit versus 64bit.
Recently, I saw where there are more debian downloads for 64bit than 32bit and since I had an empty partition decided to install Kubuntu 64bit on it to see how it fared. For the most part, it seemed to perform about the same as the 32bit version, although some plasma widgets weren't available. In terms of application support, the only thing I have found so far is that Skype wants to install a bunch of 32bit kde libs, but it still works fine, too.
I was just curious as to what other's experience with 64bit versus 32bit has been or any obstacles or problems?
Recently, I saw where there are more debian downloads for 64bit than 32bit and since I had an empty partition decided to install Kubuntu 64bit on it to see how it fared. For the most part, it seemed to perform about the same as the 32bit version, although some plasma widgets weren't available. In terms of application support, the only thing I have found so far is that Skype wants to install a bunch of 32bit kde libs, but it still works fine, too.
I was just curious as to what other's experience with 64bit versus 32bit has been or any obstacles or problems?
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