On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Steve Underwood <ste...@coppice.org> wrote:
> Hello friends > > > I just bought a notebook that comes with Win7 64bits, am going to > > replace the system with linux but I have some doubts... > > > Currently am downloading Fedora 16 (tried Fedora 15 in my old laptop > > but prefer the latest fresh version) 64bit version, but can't remember > > where I read that the 64bit linux system sometimes has incompatibility > > problems with some drivers and applications and recommended to use the > > 32bits... Is it true? It has an AMD E-350 dual core processor... > > Anyway will try this one but want to know if there's something I > > should be aware of... I can still get the 32bit version in case of > > troubles... > > > Thanks for any comment > > From the time AMD launched the first x86_64 chip, most of us have been > running 64 bit Linux on 64 bit CPUs. I was running 64 bit Linux on > Alphas for years before that. Its a long long time since there were are > real issues running 64 bit Linux. There are, however, a few programs > that misbehave in odd ways when you run 32 bit Linux on 64 bit hardware. > I assume its because those programs misinterpret the platform they are > running on in some way. I've never taken the time to investigate. It > makes far more sense to just install 64 Linux. Well, I also used as a live cd 64 bit fedora core 15, but it showed some errors in graphics and probably my printer was not working (might it doesn't work in live cd mode). But i guess that is the problem of use of 'live cd' and after installation no such issue would be there. -- THX
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