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stephen67
April 28th, 2011, 12:07 PM
So I went to download 11.04 for a new system using an i5 and Sandy Bridge motherboard.

I see when downloading that 32 bit is recommended and the the 64 bit is referred to as ubuntu-11.04-deskyop-amd64.iso

I don't have a warm and fuzzy about the 64 bit download. Is there an Intel build coming later?

Thanks
Buntumatic
April 28th, 2011, 12:13 PM
AMD came out first with their 64-bit platform, thus it is called amd64. Has nothing to do with your CPU.
In other words, amd64 is for you if your CPU can do 64-bit.
KegHead
April 28th, 2011, 01:50 PM
Hi!

Make sure you have at least 4gb ram.

KegHead
hooz
April 28th, 2011, 03:46 PM
Hi!

Make sure you have at least 4gb ram.

KegHead

I have 4 gb RAM, shold i'll take 64 bit?
movieman
April 28th, 2011, 05:32 PM
I have 4 gb RAM, shold i'll take 64 bit?

If you have a 64-bit CPU you should install the 64-bit version. There's no significant increase in memory usage between 64-bit and 32-bit in normal operation so if you can run the 32-bit version you can run the 64-bit version.

Heavy Java use is about the only exception I can think of because Java uses pointers more than most languages and they will be twice as large.
Buntumatic
April 29th, 2011, 12:56 AM
Hi!

Make sure you have at least 4gb ram.

KegHead
Why? Just wondering. I'm running 64-bit Gentoo in two boxes which have 2 GB* of RAM** and swap is not touched.

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*GB stands for gigabyte, SI is case sensitive
**RAM is an acronym, acronyms are uppercase

Literacy and standards are there to help us to understand each other. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#writewell (http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#writewell)