[sf-lug] 32bit VS 64bit

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:

> Interesting.  I am not sure that I ever tried uograding from 32 to 64 
> without reinstall, but I seem to recall asking about doing it and was 
> told to "not do so" for various reasons.  You could try though and let 
> us know how it goes :-)

>
> On 18 Oct 2007 11:39:59 -0400, Blake Haggerty
> <Blake.Haggerty at sapphire.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just did a major upgrade to one of my computers last night. Things seem to
>> be going well (aside from a few NVIDIA driver issues).  This may be a dumb
>> question, but I am curious, With all my new stuff installed the computer is
>> capable of running a 64bit version of Ubuntu. Because of that am I going to
>> see issues continuing to run my old 32bit install?? Also are there anyways
>> to upgrade to a 64bit version with out using a disk? IE update manager OR
>> internet upgrade?

Short quick summary: There is no benefit you'll see to using the 64-bit 
Ubuntu.  You'll prefer 32-bit because of better support for proprietary 
software and no detectable speed difference.  (That's true unless you have
>4GB of RAM, etc.)

Also, no, you can't straightforwardly "upgrade" a running system from 
32-bit to 64-bit.

-- Asheesh.

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