ok, this is something i was wondering about. Since you just openned the door, just what would be the advantage of running 64 bit Linux over 32 bit Linux for a mining rig?
For mining there is no advantage apart from the GPU driver allowing more devices. However, 64 bit linux is very mature and run everywhere and all CPUs of the last decade on PCs and laptops are 64 bit capable so it's unusual to see anyone consciously use 32 bit on linux except for hardware that is 32 bit. The difference between this and creating binaries on windows is the windows 32 bit binaries will work everywhere, but linux binaries are very distribution and architecture specific, and x86_64 Ubuntu is the most common desktop linux in use. It is also eleventy billion times easier to compile it for yourself on linux than windows.Thanks for the answer. I'm currrently running cgminer on 32 bit linux mainly because I didn't want to keep track of which of my machines had 32 bit and which had 64. I'm of the opinion that unless you need the accuracy of 64 bit there isn't really any advantage. I might be wrong, but i remember reading that 32 bit linux can use more than the 4 gig RAM that windows is restricted to. 64 bit may be the future, but i live in the present.
