On 11/06/10 20:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 11 June 2010 18:41, Rob Beard<r...@esdelle.co.uk> wrote: >> Actually I was able to use the full 4GB on my notebook with 32-Bit >> Ubuntu. IIRC on older versions (I believe 9.04 and lower) I had to use >> the server kernel, but on newer versions it just worked. >> > > The newer installers (karmic onwards) detect when you have more than > 3GB RAM and install the PAE kernel. Contrary to Liams protests about > PAE it works just fine, and there's no config.sys, DOS=HIGH or LIM/EMS > in sight :) > >> Saying that I'm running the 64-Bit version at the moment although I am >> seriously considering going back to the 32-Bit version as some stuff I >> have has niggly problems (I can't for the life of me get the LogMeIn >> plugin working and I can't figure out the plugin wrapper). >> > > My desktop is 64-bit and I have zero issues. Interesting that all the > issues I had in the past revolved around proprietary nonsense like > Zattoo, Skype and Flash. Slowly these people are sorting themselves > out, although Adobe seem to be on self-destruct. > > Cheers, > Al. >
Yeah, I've just seen the post about 64-Bit Flash on Linux. Hey ho, at least I've got the choice, I can go back to 32-Bit if I wish. I might stick to 32-Bit on my desktop but go over to 64-Bit on my server when I upgrade the hardware later on this year. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
