64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 12:46 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 06/10/2010 11:16 AM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> > Today, I came across this description for 64-bit Ubuntu, at Ubuntu's
> > site:
> > 
> > "64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage".
> > 
> > 
> > Why the 64-bit version is "not recommended for daily desktop usage"?
> 
> Actual reference link:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/585940
> [Text reads "not recommended" for 64-bit]


Myself am using 9.10 x64, and I planned to move to 10.04 x64 when 10.10
is released (I am moving to new versions with a release delay).

However this description makes me puzzled, and I wonder whether I should
bypass 10.04 and move to 10.10 instead.


Imagine how newcomers with modern desktops and laptops will think about
this, when they see that the 64-bit version is "Not recommended for
daily desktop usage".





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Ioannis Vranos

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