I have never had luck getting Ubuntu to work properly, without constant tweaking, with 64 bit... on my Thinpad... works slightly better on a desktop 64 bit homebuilt.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I just bought a T61 and am planning on dual booting ubuntu and window 7. > The OS is coming with 64 bit windows 7 and I wanted to know if I should > install 64 bit ubuntu. Normally I'd say this was obvious but when I go to > the ubuntu.com site it says 64 bit not recommended for daily desktop use. > So I'm not sure what to get. Does 32 bit see and handle more than 2GB of > memory (I have 3 on the unit I'm getting) Or am I mistaken in that 64 bit > support begins at 4GB? > > Any other considerations for a first upgrade to 64 bit? Any glitches > noticed? > > TIA, > > JT > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
