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Hi, I'm new in the Ubuntu community and need to install a program. But in order to do that, I have to know if my OS is 32 or 64 bits... Actually I don't even know exactly what that means... How do I get that information? Please, I want to know how to do that, not just an answer like "oh, if your processor is ***, then it's ** bits".
One last thing: this 32-64-bits-thing is an OS property and a processor property too? I've searched for that in the net I didn't get it.
Thank you!
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type in
in a terminalCode:uname -a
if you see something like
then it is 64 bit, otherwise, is 32Code:x86_64 GNU/Linux
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Try uname
uname -m
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Type in terminalOriginally Posted by FaBioW114
i686 - 32bitsCode:uname -m
x_64 - 64bits
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It is a processor thing.
If you processor supports it, you can run either 32-bit or 64-bit. If it isn't supporting it, you can run only 32-bit.
64-bit has the potential of beeing slightly faster and supporting more than 3.8 GB memory, but some user have problems with it.
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Just as a note, if you want to check how much ram you have, open a terminal and type
The number under total is the amount of ram if its less than 4000, 32 Linux is fine, if its more than 4000 better off with 64 ( if your processor supports it ) 64 is not as good as 32 but its not far off these days. Have Fun welcome to Ubuntu!free -m
Last edited by natman; September 5th, 2008 at 02:50 PM. Reason: mistake
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TryAlso most times you can install 32 bits without problemsCode:uname -m
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32 bit software can be installed in 64 bit.
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Yeah, I got it! Thank you guys! o/
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That should be:
x86_64 for the 64-bit
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