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Old 22-May-08, 05:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default 64bit Ubuntu?

Am I just asking for a headache by installing 64bit Ubuntu? Or will it work right out of the "box"?
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Default Re: 64bit Ubuntu?

My previous experience with 64bit Ubuntu is that it works just fine, except when you want to use 64-bit firefox and try to view something Flash based, then it's a no go, as there wasn't any 64-bit Flash plugin at the time. The work-around was some cryptic way of installing a bunch of regular x86 packages and running regular Firefox. I ended up sticking with regular Ubuntu.

But that was like 1.5yrs ago so maybe things have changed.
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Default Re: 64bit Ubuntu?

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Am I just asking for a headache by installing 64bit Ubuntu? Or will it work right out of the "box"?

I'ved got both 32 & 64 bit Ubuntu & also Sabayon but i only tried the 32 bit version for now & everything was working good "out of the box" & everything in my pc was detected & ready to use , that was so great.

i'm back to windows for now since i like my games & i'm not really good with Linux but at my next format i'll make dual boot windows 32 bit & linux 64 bit so i can learn more about linux & still keeping XP for my games
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Default Re: 64bit Ubuntu?

My experience with it was great. It was more stable for when I OCed the X2 to 2.9GHz than the 32bit one. And F@H ran smoother it seemed (at least a bit quicker).

I'm running 64bit LIVE currently on a MT-30 @ 2.6GHz and its just fine. My 1GB of RAM holds up the LIVE system Pretty well (especially the 2-2-2-5 timings) But I haven't ran into any problems, Running Gutsy 64bit LIVE, flash was installed in firefox when I booted up.
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