Hi, I need some expertise on hardwares on softwares. I've currently purchased a system, with the processor; that is AMD Athlonâ„¢ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor. Can I install 64-bit Ubuntu version onto the system? What kind of drawback will it encounter, if I do so? Thanks!
yes probably none. Unlike MS there is no real distinction between "server" OS and "desktop" OS in the Linux world. Since 64 bit were usual for (real) servers, Linux is quite good prepared for 64bit. There might be proprietary packages (esp. drivers) that are availabe only for 32 bit, but I think this can be made working too. As long as you are not using 4GB of memory using 64 bit Linux isn't a very big advantage though. OTOH it also isn't a disadvantage too and memory upgrades can be done anytime
last time i install 64 bit unbuntu it took me two day to get firefox + flash to work. also, unless you are using a lot of 64bit application, you won't see much of a different
I did manage to install Ubuntu, but I have definitely no problem getting flash to work with Firefox. I did it in about a minute, by installing the flash-nonfree-plugin.
damn, they fixed it? there is a 101 page long thread about it. Are you using 64bit firefox too? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202537