Preparing Ubuntu 10.04 new install - 32 or 64 bit? Please suggest.

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:27:31 -0500, Larry Vaden wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Juan R. de Silva
> <juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to install Ubuntu 10.04. When I get to the Ubuntu Download
>> page and selecte the desired version I am offered by default "32-bit
>> (recommended)" option.
> 
> Live life in the fast lane, download Natty 64 bit.

Unity?  Thank you, NO. I'd rather use Lucid 32 bit then.

I was upgrading every 6 month starting from Feisty and up to Maveric, 
which I removed after couple of days of trying and not finding any added 
value comparing with Lucid. Unless one finds valuable promoting/enforcing 
use of Software Centre with its flashing ads instead of good old Synaptic 
or just even better CLI :-).

I'm going to use Lucid as long as it is supported. I'll be closely 
watching that Unity story.  I'll might try it in a couple of years if it 
would evolve into something decent and worthy. Which looking from today, 
I'm sorry, I doubt.  I might be wrong though. We'll all see.

Hopefully Debian would be still around as an alternative.  You see, once 
upon a time I left windows because I did not like being forced doing 
things the way somebody else wants me to do them. If Ubuntu decides to 
take the same path... Well, I already discovered a world of Linux.