[Gllug] Decent 64-bit linux distro

[James Holland]

On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 01:59 +0100, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
> On Sat, January 31, 2009 00:34, Tethys wrote:
> > --------
> >
> > "M.J. Smith" writes:
> >
> >>Can anyone point me to a decent 64-bit distro?
> >
> > Any of the major ones should be fine. I run 64 bit Fedora, CentOS
> > and Ubuntu. I'd say stick with a yum based distribution like Fedora
> > or CentOS, though, as in my experience it handles mixed 32/64-bit
> > systems better than apt/aptitude.
> >
> > Tet
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> I've been running 64 bit ubuntu for a few months, and I must say I am
> delighted with it. The only 64bit related problem I have encountered was
> with skype, which was resolved by downloading and installing the 32 bit
> libasound.

Yes, I also run the 64 bit Hardy version of ubuntu. Works well for me.


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