> 32-bit makes a computer with less than 2GB RAM work better.
That is not really true if the hardware is 64 bit compatible. If the hardware is 32bit then it makes sense why people would want 32bit distros but otherwise it doesnt really make sense in a day to day usage. It would be good in a very specific usecase like turning hardware into a headless workhorse.
>Actually, the question is the opposite: what uses demand 64-bit?
Actually the question isn't that because 32bit maxes out at using around 3.7GB of RAM so beyond that amount 64bit is immediately better because it can use it.
This is not really an alternative to GMail because you only covered the client side of things so you still need an email server which this article doesn't address at all. Article = Incomplete, Pull Request Denied
>To get more performance out of your hardware.
64 bit vastly exceeds 32 bit systems.
> 32-bit makes a computer with less than 2GB RAM work better.
That is not really true if the hardware is 64 bit compatible. If the hardware is 32bit then it makes sense why people would want 32bit distros but otherwise it doesnt really make sense in a day to day usage. It would be good in a very specific usecase like turning hardware into a headless workhorse.
>Actually, the question is the opposite: what uses demand 64-bit?
Actually the question isn't that because 32bit maxes out at using around 3.7GB of RAM so beyond that amount 64bit is immediately better because it can use it.