Not really helpful, but my experience with the x64 Ubuntu has been painless. The only issue I can remember offhand was installing adobe reader, which only comes in 32 bit. I had to force install that and it works just fine.
-- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:25 AM, xe22 <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm installing larger disks and figure while I'm at it I'll upgrade Mandriva > also. > Since I use an x64 single processor I can't be sure if I should use 64 bit > Linux. > The 32 works fine, but is it worth going to 64, and would there be a lot of > software hits? I know some would have to be repurchased in the 64 version, > but am curious if I would lose the ability to run the majority of > available stuff. > I'd appreciate opinions on the overall gains/losses of this. > > TIA > Louis > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
