64 incease security?

[sam tygier]

ilyan.thomas at virgin.net wrote:
> but might having a 64 bit system make it harder for people,  
>  to crack  
> into my system?

the 64bit ubuntu kernels have Non-eXecutable (NX) memory protection enabled by default. on 32bit only the PAE kernel has hardware NX, whereas the normal 32bit kernel has emulated NX.

see http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910overview and http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#Non-Exec Memory

you should probably read through the topics at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security

> And how do I buy a useful portable in the UK without paying Danegeld to  
> Microsoft?

i got my netbook from http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/ and would recommend them.

sam