10.04 CDs

[David Rubin]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Sense Hofstede <qense at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 7 April 2010 16:18, Maria Randazzo <maria.randazzo at canonical.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've updated:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds
>>
>> Note that we are sending only 50 Kubuntu and 50 Server this time.
>> Please make sure you email me your pre-orders *before* 26th April, 2010
>>
>> I also created:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds/Tracking
>> so you can check the status of your package.
>>
>> I'll update it with the tracking numbers once the Lucid Lynx LTS CDs are
>> shipped.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Maria
>
> Hello,
>
> Does 'PC' mean the CD's will contain the 32bit version of Ubuntu, or
> the 64bit version?
>
> Although many computers are still 32bit a lot of other computers are
> already 64bit and for modern computer 64bit is recommended because of
> better multi-core support and support for more than 4 GiB of RAM.

They have never shipped 64bit in the past, I would still recommend
only shipping the 32bit because generally these CD's are to give away
at events and to newbie users who might not have 64bit PCs.

Also there is a PAE kernel for users that have 64bit and want to experiment :)

David