[GLLUG] Ubuntu 32 or 64?

David Singer david at ramaboo.com
Thu Jun 3 00:25:56 EDT 2010


For 32 bit on 64bit just do

$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

the rest should happen automatically.

David

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 21:20, Frank Dolinar <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> wrote:
> I recently moved my main home machine from WinXP Pro 32bit to a dual boot
> Ubuntu 10.04 64bit and WinXP Pro 64bit.
> The chip is an AMD Athlon 64, which is so old it only has one CPU core.
> In all it works pretty cleanly and even seems to be a bit faster.  If that
> perception is correct, I presume it's because the 64bit OS is more efficient
> in using the chip's resources.
>
> I have found a few programs that don't like the 64bit environment -- iTunes
> being the most significant -- but in general, everything else (e.g. Firefox,
> Thunderbird, OpenOffice) seem to work without complaint.  I'm still
> reloading software on the system, so the list is not yet exhaustive.
>
> In addition, I was surprised to find how easy it is to use Ubuntu to reach
> onto essentially any disk partition in the system and read from / write to
> that disk.  Most of the partitions in my system are still NTFS because I
> have so much Windows-based software on a large HD.  That will change over
> time, but it was nice to see that getting at all the partitions from Ubuntu
> was so easy and effective.
>
> I thought someone (David) indicated a way to run recalcitrant 32bit software
> on a 64bit OS.  I'd like to hear more.
>
> Eduardo, does Apple have a version of iTunes squirreled away somewhere that
> will run on WinXP Pro 64bit?  What I'm seeing is that the 64bit version
> wants Vista or 7.  I have no real interest in either.  The 32bit versions
> I've tried object to fraternizing with a 64bit OS.
>
> Frank
>
>
> Eduardo Cesconetto 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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