Hi,
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Zane Gilmore wrote:
Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 19/06/2008 10:13 a.m. >>>
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I have been shagging around with installing Kubuntu on a new work
PC.
you will be fine. Promise.
it is kubuntu - part of the OS that has taken the linux community by storm
over the last couple of years.
Will I need to re-format the home partition?
Why?
What binaries are on the home partition that could benefit
from reformatting?
All the config entries on the home partition are text files.
These are 64/32/128 bit safe...
Does it matter whether the partition was formatted with a 32 or 64 bit
system?
No. The filing system (ext2, ext3 etc are all cpu bitsize independant. -
they are universal.
No
...so you're not sure then :-)
I dunno how you dragged that conclusion out.
64 bit is a much nicer experience now than in the past.
Even flash works ok now.
The browser is much better now.
Kubuntu will have everything "just working".
I am using ubuntu 8.04 on multiple 64 bit systems, and on 32 bit systems.
All fine.
64bit is great - with ram at 30$gb, you can have 8gb in your machine and
it will run. 8gb does make it possible to process large tcpdump files in a
small amount of time.
Derek.
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