> > > Yes, You are right. for such setup 64 bit distro is recommended. > > But the other packages which I want to use must be compatible with 64 bit > > distro. also. > > > > Assuming that you install Ubuntu 8.04.1 64 bit edition, then: > - the overall RAM visible would be 8 GB > - you would be able to run a mix of 32 bit and 64 bit apps. This will > not be a problem for you.
Right.... > > > As for other distros not getting installed or not responding to input > during usage, that seems a case of either faulty device drivers or > faulty hardware itself. I have a box at work which has a faulty > motherboard. Ubuntu 8.04.1 and Belenix work fine on this, but CentOS > 5.2 stops responding after about 10 minutes of uptime. If you are talking about hardware issue then I would like share some things with you, I have Laptop with AMD 2.0 turion processor with 1.5GB of RAM. On that few distro works fine such as Suse 10.2 Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 8.10 but its slow down the speed of laptop. CentOS 5.0 I have asked HP to change the Motherboard. After changing the board I am not able run the Ubuntu 7.10 got hanged at the start of installation. Suse 10.3 got hanged in few mins after booting completely Suse 11 got hanged in few mins after booting completely So you Hardware issue may be there but chances are less. -- Thanks & Regards, Nikhil Kala Blogs @ http://www.nikhilkala.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to plug-mail-requ...@plug.org.in for mailing instructions.