whether my system is 32 bit o 64 bit?

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Sun, October 30, 2011 09:33, Linux Tyro wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> uname -a
>>
>> in a terminal. If it is a 64 bit system, thare should be "x86_64
>> GNU/Linux" at the end of the output. Otherwise it is 32 bit.
>
>
> 'uname -a' yields:
>
> Linux myfamily-desktop 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13
> 19:40:53
> UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

It's the "i686" part that counts. This means 32bit.
If you were using 64bit, it would say "x86_64" instead.