[GLLUG] Ubuntu 32 or 64?

[David Singer]

yeah its all in 64 now. and there are adapters available that will let
you run a 32 bit binary on a 64 bit system.

iv been running 64 bit for over a year now with no issues. even 32bit
flash runs fine on 64 bit os

David

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 20:52, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
> 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'
>
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