If you are using it as a workstation then I'd stick with 32-bit. I did a 64-bit 7.04 and I have been fighting it ever since. No Flash ! I upgraded to 7.10 and I lost Gnome... I mean it stopped working properly. When I have time I will re-install from scratch 32-bit 8.x (I assume it will be 8.4 or something).
If you need more than 4+ Gigs of RAM, then make sure your MoBo supports PAE and just use 32-it Ubuntu. I understand that our customers are experiencing speed improvements with 64-bit for some apps. But, 64-bit eats RAM faster. On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 00:13 -0800, Tyrion wrote: > My cpu is listed as > > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55 > > in /proc/cpuinfo. I have Ubuntu gutsy installed, but just the standard > x86 version. I have downloaded the 64 bit version and burned a CD but > before I get into the whole reinstall, I wonder if someone could tell me > if it's worth it. Also, would I need to do a full reinstall, or would > changing the kernel be sufficient? > > While we're at it, where are packages hidden on install disks these > days? I remember having an install disk with an RPMS directory and being > able to just look there to see what packages were available. Now, it's > not so apparent. > > Thanks > > Tyrion > > -- ************************************************************ Michael J. McCafferty Principal, Security Engineer M5 Hosting http://www.m5hosting.com You can have your own custom Dedicated Server up and running today ! RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and more ************************************************************ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
