64 bit or 32 bit ubuntu

Mark Haney mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Wed Sep 17 15:46:15 UTC 2008


bill biggs wrote:
> I would like to 32 or 64 bit ubuntu I have a dual core 4g or ram dell ?
> 
> 

Uh, what?  If I read this right, (and I'm not sure I do), if you have 
4GB or more of RAM, then you should go with the 64-bit.  With less than 
4GB RAM you won't really see a performance benefit going with 64-bit.

However, I go 64-bit regardless, but that's just me.


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