Ubuntu 32bit or 64bit

[MaltheMM]

i recently started a thread asking if i should use Debian or Ubuntu for my non multi-boxing Zepto Znote 6615WD laptop

and from the info you guys gave me .. i decided that i should use Ubuntu

i go to ubuntu.com and find the download site. and i asks me if i want 32bit or 64bit so,, normally i would, without a doubt in my mind, have chosen 32bit but since i im considering to add my laptop to my multiboxing setup

so again, i know that it's leechy but
Ubuntu 32bit or 64bit ?

[twigboy2000]

How much RAM does your laptop have? If it's over 3Gb, the 32bit kernel won't make use of the extra and Ubuntu does not offer a PAE kernel option for 32bit systems (you could still compile it yourself).

There have been several quirks with 64bit OS apps such as Flash player or Java. Adobe has released a beta version of Flash 10 for 64bit linux and it works quite well.

If you don't have the RAM requirement I would stick with 32bit just for avoiding any potential 64bit complexities.


-twig

[krum]

Unless you need to access more than 3GB of memory (and have it installed on the machine), or you have a specific need for 64-bit (i.e. need to use an app that only has 64-bit binaries), you should use the 32-bit version. I use the 64-bit version on a 2GB machine, but I only run server software on it, and I'm building software that needs to build against the 64-bit compiler. Generally the AMD64 architecture has slightly faster binaries because it has more registers which the ABI supports. This means less pushing onto the stack which is slow (compared to registers). Some people argue that the wider word size causes more cache misses which makes up for this, but I'm skeptical of that claim.

[Hat]

It's a tough call.

I'd recommend 64 bit since you have a multicore machine. If you don't do 64 bit, you may regret it later when you want 64 bit and have to install a lot of software again. You'll eventually upgrade your computer, so you might as well save that hassle now.

In the past, you'd have trouble finding some software for 64 bit OS on linux that you could readily find for 32 bit. Certain processes are faster on 64 bit while others are slower. Some things haven't been debugged as much on 64 bit. There's plenty of drawbacks. I think that linux kernels have improved enough to handle multicore better on either version so you may not need 64 bit.

[Svpernova09]

Just like your other thread, I'm throwing this to off topic as it has no relevance to multiboxing. If you want to discuss Linux specific tools to multibox, then great, it belongs in software tools. Until then it's still off topic.

[MaltheMM]

ohh i didnt even notice that the other one had gone off-topic...

thank you ...

btw, is OSs even considered software

(and this is kinda aimed at multiboxing as i have plans to incorporate my laptop into my multiboxing setup)

btw i have 2GB RAM and a intel core 2 duo processor in my laptop, if it even matters(it looks like that)