Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen <at> gatech.edu> writes:
I like how you keep saying "all the benchmarks" and keep
not linking to
a single one.
Sorry, but I read them some time ago, so I remember the results, but not the
URLs.
For the average desktop user, 64-bit has little or no benefit and is
not
worth the hassles of dealing with incompatible proprietary code (and
yes, there is a hassle).
There is no hassle. Everything just works. For "incompatible proprietary code",
there are 32-bit multilibs. (Not that you should use proprietary crap in the
first place, but it _does_ work on 64-bit just as well as on 32-bit. If it is
not compatible with the current Fedora, it won't run on the 32-bit edition
either.)
Kevin Kofler