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Re: [LUG] AMD 64

 

Ben Goodger wrote:

> On 09/06/06, *David Johnson* <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On Friday 09 June 2006 14:06, Ben Goodger wrote:
>
>     A simpler solution might be to just use a 32-bit Linux - you gain
>     little more
>     than a drop in performance for most desktop apps when you go to
>     64-bit.
>     See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#32_vs_64_bit
>
>
> Do you mean just continuing to use my current Ubuntu installation? I 
> will be keeping the hard disc from this machine.


I don't see why it won't work as long as you're running an up to date 
kernel & modules.  Remember, it isn't Windows!

Rob


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