Re: [Hampshire] 32- or 64-bit distro?

Hi Chris

I have tried both 32 bit and 64 bit 10.04. The 64 bit has less programs than
the 32 bit.

The grub on the 10.04 is painful. It is grub 2.

I convert movie avi to a tighter format. The 64 bit is faster doing this task
and it can multitask better.

On the beta 10.4 it ran virtualbox 32 bit windows apps fine.

John Eayrs



On Tuesday 04 May 2010 11:06:30 Chris Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just received a new work laptop (Lenovo T400) on which I am about
> to install the new Ubuntu 10.04. This is the first machine I've had
> which is 64-bit capable, so I'm not up to speed on the current state of
> 64-bit distros. I'm trying to decide whether I should install the 32-
> or 64-bit version.
>
> What is the current thinking on the relative merits for a laptop
> machine? The laptop will be used for the usual office stuff (Writer,
> Calc, email and web) and software/hardware development -- no heavy
> number crunching.
>
> Are there any known problems or difficulties with 64-bit distros? (Last
> I heard, things like Flash were a problem?)
>
> What about running 32-bit guests in a 64-bit VirtualBox host, is that
> going to cause issues?
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Chris