Migration
to 64 bit Computer (in Linux) was a bit of a pain
After
15 years of regular 32 bit computer user , changing to 64 bit was a
bit of a pain in Linux.
Linux
distributions fair very badly on 64 bit computers.
I
tried more than 10.
Let
me say, my change was mainly for the purpose of saving ENERGY and
thereby my electricity bill.
Yes
it saved a lot.
I
now use the computer as my NIGHT heater.
It
used to be a laptop on my lap.
The
new one has lot of fans fixed to cool it down and the by the product
is my room is warm at night.
Just
to test its energy consumption, I let it run overnight with Linux
logged off.
I
got the bill yesterday.
It
has saved me 100 Units.
So
saying good bye to 9 out of ten 32 bits was productive.
Even
though, I had ten one was exclusively used others were for some
mundane Linux work.
The
64 bit one was struck by lightening and it went through the UPS
battery and burned the upholstery and cooling system.
It
got hot hot within seconds of booting and after some repair used it
for testing 64 bit Linux distributions but never installed any.
So
my testing of 64 bits is only one month's standing.
I
list the downside of Linux 64 bits.
Software
has bugs and LibreOffice had lot of missing plug ins.
I
booted Ubuntu 15.10 and it is no better compared to 14.10 LTS.
Besides
graphic display was ugly.
Everything
dark.
Font
edges are blurry and not smooth.
Nice
points apart from saving electricity is only the fans make a noise.
Internet
with cookies removed is awfully fast.
Email
reading was fast enough with Yahoo.
I
use lees and less of DVD drive, that also saves money.
Hard
disk is SATA which is much better than IDE for data transfer.
The
Multimedia Dashboard has slots for SD cards and MMR.
USB
booting especially with USB 3 is faster
I
would have preferred to have an internal SSD hard drive.
I
would go for portable external SSD instead.
They
are still expensive and the capacity is nowhere my needs of
multi-booting at Least six Linux distributions in addition to one
copy of windows.
Overall
I am impressed by the Intel technology.
Most
of my 32 bit Linux distributions on MultiSystem USB booting are
redundant now,
However,
I keep the 32 bit computer linked with KVM switch / port to retrieve
old data files.
USB
stick is my workhorse now.
Well
in time to come I will have all my Linux distributions in a tiny
external hard disk (in fact I have already done it) live booted with
lot of isos in for testing a potential Linux customer (hardly any).
Linus
and Linux on the fly is my motto.
