Comments on: Ubuntu 8.10 – 32bit or 64bit?

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:20:23 +0000

Joonas:

The 32-bit libs package makes all programs work normally. All 32-bit built-in hardware drivers work for 64-bit.

32-bit binary drivers you install afterward will fail. (Rare, but I’ve seen printers like that).

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:33:50 +0000

@Joonas – as near as I can tell, there’s about a 5% performance gain for basic usage. If you do a lot of rendering or similar activities I’m told you can expect even better gains.

I did the install last night and, after much flip-flopping and reversals, chose to go 32bit for now…

By: Joonas

Joonas — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:23:56 +0000

But is there any advatage to install 64-bit on such a basic pc? I have a laptop with same specs and I know that there will be some drivers and programs which wont run in 64-bit.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:37:33 +0000

installing 64 bit version is better choice, because 64 bit usually run 32 bit application with no problem, and can handle future of 64 bit version application.

By: Light & Dark

Light & Dark — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:04:43 +0000

The only thing that would tempt me to go 64 bit desktop at this point would be if I was using and needed more than 4 gigs of ram. I’m still not at that point, so the screwing around I’ve seen others have to do just doesn’t seem worth it.

(The apps I use that would really benefit from the extra ram aren’t built in 64bit yet anyway.)

Paul

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:42:58 +0000

I’ll let you know… I decided to go ahead and start with 64bit just to see how it goes. I did spot check a few apps just to make sure 64bit flavors were available.

Now I just need to find the time to give it a go. Oh, and a blank CD. Turns out I’m out of blanks and I have an ISO to burn.

By: Peter Motyka

Peter Motyka — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:28:34 +0000

Are the same packages available for 64bit as 32 bit?