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ironstone, as you alluded to, these all sound more like issues with your distro than anything to do with 64bit or even just linux in particular. Most of the things you mention, I've had no issues with for at least four years under both 64bit and 32bit Linux.
I haven't run 32bit Linux in a long while now, the only time I do is in VMware for test servers (usually very minimal installs, no desktop at all) and that's only because the stupid Intel CPUs they gave us at work can't do 64bit vitualisation.
The issues I do run into on my desktop are all applications that haven't bothered to become 64bit native yet. And usually it's just extra elbow grease to get it going, and from then on it's smooth sailing. Examples include vmware, skype, google earth, etc. I even use 64bit Firefox with all the plug-ins I need.
I haven't run 32bit Linux in a long while now, the only time I do is in VMware for test servers (usually very minimal installs, no desktop at all) and that's only because the stupid Intel CPUs they gave us at work can't do 64bit vitualisation.
The issues I do run into on my desktop are all applications that haven't bothered to become 64bit native yet. And usually it's just extra elbow grease to get it going, and from then on it's smooth sailing. Examples include vmware, skype, google earth, etc. I even use 64bit Firefox with all the plug-ins I need.