AMD 64 bit support in ubuntu

[Rashkae]

H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On a 64 bit AMD processor based system, are there any limitations on
> installing the 64 bit Ubuntu version in terms of availability of
> packages (specially multimedia)? In other words, are there any
> relatively common packages which are not compiled for 64 bit version?
> 
> I am going to download Gutsy DVD for this. If there is no difference at
> all, I will just go for the 64 bit version, else for the 32 bit version.
> 
> thanks,
> ->HS
> 
> 
> 

There are, (to my limited knowlege) no problems with Ubuntu packages, 
but I would advise you install the 32-bit version for a desktop  for 
Multi-Media use..  The are problems with binary codec packages (such as 
used with Mplayer) and I'm not all certain about the status of 64-bit 
flash plugins.