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

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Juan R. de Silva
<juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:56:13 -0300, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Larry Vaden <vaden at texoma.net> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Juan R. de Silva
>>> <juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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 think you can get any of the other Ubuntu-based distros and still
>>> report bugs in Natty for the benefit of the community.
>>>
>>> regards/ldv
>>
>> Natty Alpha is (of course) far from stable and Unity still sucks. Go
>> Maverick, that really works fine and 64 since there's no better choice
>> for your 8 Gig RAM. Lucid is nice, but it is past.
>
> Switching to Maveric is essentially switching to Unity since it's life
> time would be over very soon.
>
> I think I can use my 8 Gig of RAM with PAE help on Lucid, can't I?

Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months, if you install Maverick
10.10 now you will still have one whole year of support.

Unity is not compulsory, you can use the Gnome Desktop with Natty
right now. Since Natty has not been released yet, it is not time to
use it in production machines. In a couple of months it will be
probably usable.

Most applications work in true 64 environment. Those which can't, can
be run in 32 compatibility mode mode.

You can use PAE but does it make sense? Why do you need it?

You can find Maverick at http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/

L.

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