[GLLUG] Ubuntu 32 or 64?

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

Are all drivers available for modern hardware in 64bit? I could not  
find a well documented HCL on 10.4...

Eduardo Cesconetto

On Jun 2, 2010, at 10:41 PM, "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu> wrote:

> On Wednesday 02 June 2010 23:29:25 Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
>> Just got some cheap hardware(i5 MSI laptop) and getting ready to
>> remove Window$, should I go for 32 or 64 bit ubuntu?
>>
>> Eduardo Cesconetto
>
> Judging by the problems a lot of software has running on a sparc 64
> instead of i386, I would stick with 32 bit stuff for now.  Unless you
> need (and have more than 3G) more, 64 bits doesn't buy you much.
> All too often people write software with the "All the world's a 386"
> mentality, creating problems on big-endian and 64 bit arches.
>
> If somone can come up with reasons to go 64 bit I'm all ears.
>
> --STeve Andre'