I've had good driver support using Fedora and Ubuntu on my Dell laptops, but all I use it for is Dynamips and I dual-boot so I don't worry about fancy graphics and everything else.
Justin G. Mitchell e: [email protected] | skype: justin.g.mitchell On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Rodney Jackson <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you guys. I'll try the 64 bit however win I tried it with fedura > there wasn't many drivers for my lenovo laptop but may ubuntu will be > different. > > I may just say forget and just buy lab time once the 2for1 offer is made > again. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 12, 2009, at 1:07, "Jason Marshall" <[email protected]> wrote: > > To reaffirm what Kim has said if your chip is a 64bit chip then you > should download the AMD64 version of Linux – this is designed for all x64 > processors (Intel and AMD) > > > > If you run the x86 version (32bit) with 4Gb of Ram you will not be able to > use it all. In Windows you normally get between 3Gb and 3.5Gb depending > upon the size of your video card – Can’t say for sure about 32bit Linux as I > have only ever downloaded the x64 versions. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Jason > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kim Pedersen > *Sent:* 12 October 2009 06:55 > *To:* Rodney Jackson > *Cc:* OSL CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam > *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] processor usage in GNS3 > > > > Hi, > > The AMD64 bit is what you are looking for. I have an intel core 2 duo, > which is 64bit capable, and im running the AMD64 tree. > > Sincerely, > Kim Pedersen > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Rodney Jackson < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Are you running 64bit or 32bit? > > > > I have an Intel 64bit but when I go to download Ubuntu 64 it's for AMD64 > bit. So, I'm going to try with 32bits because I only have 4gig of RAM > anyway although I ready to purchase more RAM. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Vikas Sharma < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mitch, > > Thanks a lot. It was simply incredible. I loaded Ubuntu in no time at all > and with 1 simple command you mentioned below, GNS3 was up and running in 15 > minutes. So uncomplicated and straight forward. Manny, this is the best way > to go. I'll load up the IPEXPERT lab and start up all devices and take a > look at CPU utilization. But setup wise it was a breeze. > > Once again, thanks a lot for your sharing. > > Cheers, > > Vikas. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Mitch Peterson <<[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > Redhat is a good distro, but Ubuntu has a much better community for > support. I'd recommend using it instead if you can. Installing GNS3 on > Ubuntu is ridiculously easy it's "sudo apt-get install gns3". > The installation documentation is pretty good, it can be found at > <https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/index.html> > https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/installation-guide/index.html & the support > forums at <http://ubuntuforums.org/>http://ubuntuforums.org. 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