[Lincs] laptop os

[iain Baker]

i dont use anything particularly unusual, so i would imagin its mostly
in the repositories... and besides, i feel somewhat cheated having a
64 bit processor, chosing an os that has the greatest ability to
exploit it, and then sticking with the 32 bit version...  i may as
well have... dare i say it... micro... no no i cant say it

On 4/15/06, aimaz at ivixor.net <aimaz at ivixor.net> wrote:
> > i'll give ubuntu a spin... i was going to try suse but the download i
> > did wouldnt install :(  i'll look for 64 bit ubuntu BB
>
> If you're likely to want to use software that is not available in
> the ubuntu repositories you might find that using the 64-bit distro
> makes life a little difficult as most packages will only be compiled
> for 32-bit.
>
> If you are confident in your ability to compile from source this probably
> won't be an issue for you.
>
> Stephen Paulger
>
>
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