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On 5/1/2010 8:44 PM PT, Stefan Patric typed:

>> Ah cool. I might try that whenever I do a full clean install, but I
>> don't use that much RAM thought yet (most was 3 GB of RAM, but now 2.5
>> GB since 512 MB went bad). Even my old XP Pro. SP3 still uses 2 GB of
>> RAM which will eventually be my Linux box when I upgrade hardwares. ;)
>
> I started with 2GB RAM on my 64-bit system--Fedora Core 6 at the time.
> When I up'ed it to 4, the system seemed "smoother". There weren't pauses
> when windows were refreshed with new content, windows opened and closed
> quicker, apps loaded and opened faster, etc.
>
>> I assume I can still run 32-bit programs on 64-bit Linux like in 64-bit
>> Windows.
>
> Yes. As long as the appropriate 32-bit dependencies are installed.

OK cool! I will do that then.
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