Question as to whether Ubuntu or UbuntuMATE is 32 bit

[Bret Busby]

On Sun, 2 Sep 2018, Bret Busby wrote:

> Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 04:34:48
> From: Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Question as to whether Ubuntu or UbuntuMATE is 32 bit
> 
> I have read, regarding RISC OS, that
>
> "
> The file system abstraction layer API uses 32-bit file offsets, making
> the largest single file 4 GiB (minus 1 byte) long.
> "
>
> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_OS
>
> Now, that makes me wonder whether Ubuntu Linux, or, UbuntuMATE Linux,
> is limited to 32 bit.
>
> The reason that this has arisen, is that I have a 4.5GB file that I
> can not move - I have tried to move (using cut and paste) the file,
> using both caja and PCManFM, and, with both, I get the problem that
> the file is "too large to be spliced", and, a filesize limit of 4GB
> apparently applies
>
> So, is Ubuntu Linux, or, UbuntuMATE Linux, is limited to 32 bit, or,
> are the file managers limited to 32 bit operations?
>
> The computer has an i3 CPU and 16GB of RAM.
>
> The computer is running UbuntuMATE 16.04 AMD64, as far as I am aware.
>

"
bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$ uname -a
Linux bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE 4.4.0-133-generic #159-Ubuntu SMP Fri 
Aug 10 07:31:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$ uname -aip
Linux bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE 4.4.0-133-generic #159-Ubuntu SMP Fri 
Aug 10 07:31:43 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
bret at bret-Inspiron-580-UbuntuMATE:~$ uname -ip
x86_64 x86_64
"

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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