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If we have 2 GiB RAM and a processor Pentium 4 with 3.2 GHz and 2 MiB Cache , What will you use , Linux 32 bit or 64 bit , and why ?

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Date Posted: 2014/02/24
Anas Haneya
by Anas Haneya , Service Delivery Manager , General Electric - Saudi Arabia

32bit, the current HW doesn't support/require64Bit.

Gul Zaman
by Gul Zaman , Network Administration , vision technologies

if your process support64bit archtechure then you can use x64 OS other wise you must be used a32bit OS x86

32bit OS limits the RAM to4GB and processor physically1

well its a two edged sword if u dont intend to have high end applications in future X86 would work for you but if you anticipate to run high end applications X64 works best. NOTE: The32-bit Linux kernel can be recompiled to handle up to64GB of RAM if you're particularly concerned about staying32-bit.

So efficiency wise i would use X86 because at the same RAM size the X64 will be relatively slower.

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