On 2015-04-28 07:52, Richmond wrote:
I have been running an Ubuntu derivative 32 bit distro for some years
now, and should
like to upgrade to a 64 bit version.
My hard drive is partitioned so that my /Home stuff is on a different
partition to
the Boot folder and so on.
Can I "just" install a 64 bit version via the "something else" button,
retaining my Home partition so
that all my settings and so forth are preserved?
When I transitioned from x86 to x86-64 Linux -- a few years ago now! --
I just carried my /home partition across to the new install and
everything seemed to work absolutely fine.
Anyway, I assume you make regular backups, right? ;-)
Note that moving to 64-bit Linux is likely to be a big win in terms of
performance, because the x86-64 architecture has a lot more registers.
We saw a significant (>10%) speed-up in LiveCode x86-64 relative to
LiveCode x86.
Have fun!
Peter
--
Dr Peter Brett <[email protected]>
LiveCode Engine Development Team
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