Fwd [ubuntu-release] Please promote 64-bit images by default on the download pages

[pansz]

For non-technical user, if 32-bit is the default image, the may wonder why
they have a 4GB or 8GB memory computer but they cannot see 4GB memory in
ubuntu.

Then how do you explain they need 64 bit install media?


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:

> Jonathan Riddell <jr at jriddell.org> wrote:
> >Should we follow and recommend 64 bit?
> >
> >My gut feeling is that most people have 64 bit computers now and I
> >trust the foundation team to have done the legwork to verify that.  So
> >I'm in favour of it.
>
> Most do, but there have been stacks of 32 bit only Atom netbooks sold in
> the last several years. Given that we want to be friendly to non-technical
> users, I think we should wait.
>
> Try writing out the instructions for a non-technical user to figure out if
> they need a 32 bit image. I'm not sure how to do it.
>
> I'd suggest we do this for 14.10.
>
> Scott K
>
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