[ltp] Re: Which distro for ThinkPad T400s

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:10:10 +0200

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=D7=91-25/02/2010, =D7=91=D7=A9=D7=A2=D7=94 19:49, Richard Neill =
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> Christoph Bier wrote:
>> Petar Milin schrieb am 25.02.2010 16:53:
>>> Hello!
>>> I am now in doubt which distro to use for my T400s: Debian testing =20=

>>> (amd64 net-install) or Ubuntu 9.10? Which one suits this T-version?
>> I'd go for Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bit) since I abandoned Debian about six
>> years ago. Others will tell you to go for Debian (or even other
>> distributions) ... It depends on your needs and preferences.
>
> Why would one use a 32-bit distro?
>
> I know that 32-bit distros are more memory-efficient if you have < =20
> 4GB, (because of smaller pointers), but doesn't that mean you are =20
> giving up on all the native advantages of 64-bit CPUs vs an i586, =20
> notably the extra registers?
>

You get less registers, but on the other hand due to smaller memory =20
footprint you fit better into cache and need less memory bandwidth, so =20=

it really depends on what applications you use

Scientific applications (a lot of math which also means graphics such =20=

as Gimp) tend to do better with amd64, general perpose computing tend =20=

to do better with i386

> Richard
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<html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div><br><br><div style=3D"text-align: =
left;direction: ltr; "><br></div></div><div><br>=D7=91-25/02/2010, =
=D7=91=D7=A9=D7=A2=D7=94 19:49, Richard Neill &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk">rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk</a>&gt; =
=D7=9B=D7=AA=D7=91/=D7=94:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Christoph =
Bier wrote:</span><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Petar Milin =
schrieb am 25.02.2010 16:53:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>Hello!</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote=
 type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>I am now in doubt which =
distro to use for my T400s: Debian testing (amd64 net-install) or Ubuntu =
9.10? Which one suits this =
T-version?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>I'd go for Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bit) since I abandoned =
Debian about six</span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>years ago. Others will tell you to go for Debian (or =
even other</span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>distributions) ... It depends on your needs and =
preferences.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Why would one =
use a 32-bit distro?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I know that 32-bit =
distros are more memory-efficient if you have &lt; 4GB, (because of =
smaller pointers), but doesn't that mean you are giving up on all the =
native advantages of 64-bit CPUs vs an i586, notably the extra =
registers?</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Yo=
u get less registers, but on the other hand due to smaller memory =
footprint you fit better into cache and need less memory bandwidth, so =
it really depends on what applications you =
use<div><br></div><div>Scientific applications (a lot of math which also =
means graphics such as Gimp) tend to do better with amd64, general =
perpose computing tend to do better with =
i386</div><div>&nbsp;<br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><span>Richard</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>The =
linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:</span><br><span><a =
href=3D"http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad"=
>http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a></sp=
an><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>=

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