ubuntu 6.06.1 32 or 64bit?

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I'm going to install ubuntu 6.06.1 onto my HTPC (AMD A64 3700+, 1GB RAM) Should I install the 32bit or 64bit version? Because of 64bit memory usage that means I only have 512MB of memory?

"Always loaded" applications will be Slimserver, which in Windows uses 75MB of memory, and bitorrent which uses around 300MB. Of course Linux will be different
 
I have Ubuntu 6.xx 64bit installed. No problems whatsoever.

I used the server disc then installed all the X, KDE and GCC/++ 4.0 etc on top via aptitude.
I would not recommend using adept as it's an alpha and I've had todo two reinstalls after adept deleted all my packages (including the major bits from the platform!) when I tried to delete just the png 10 library for POV...

The only issue I have is the X800XL problem and that Java 5 installer via adept also messes up as it has all the licence questions via terminal (not windows like in the desktop install) but the experience with the png libs have taught me to use aptitude instead.
 
squiffy said:
I downloaded the 32 & 64 bit iso's from here.

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

Or should I use another release? Link if you could thanks
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I just ran with Dapper. Should be fine - that's the location I DL'd from too.
Just run with the 64bit desktop version.

The problem I have with the desktop version is that the desktop Live CD runs and puts you into X window to do the install. However the live CD drivers for ATI are bugged for the X800XL card. So you can't install! Hence the server version.
 
Is there any benefit of 64bit version over 32bit? Graphics card is Nvidia 6150 (currently disabled) and ATI X300 PCI-E

Am I right about 64bit memory usage? Should it be a concern?
 
It's just occured to me what you mean by 512Mb etc... lol (I'm a bit slow tonight).

No, using 64bit will not halve your memory! It just means that the CPU will use 64bit things like 64bit addressing and some extensions. Part of the minor speed increase is it does away with the address translation.

However most systems work better with 32bit as most drivers are still written in 32bit. However I wouldn't think you'd have a problem with either tbh.
 
Complete system spec.

AMD 3700+
Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard. Onboard sound and IGP disabled, so using Nvidia 430 southbridge, SATA, IDE.
ATI X300 128MB PCI-E
M-Audio Revolution 5.1, using digital out
Microsoft MCE remote dongle & remote
Logitech PS/2 wireless keyboard.
SATA hard drives, optical drive, USB 2 HD.

Not sure 64bit version of Slimsever has been released :confused:

http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html
 
In my view most users should use the 32bit kernel as it is a lot less trouble. There are minimal performance gains going 64bit for most people. Certainly consider 64bit though if:

1. You like tinkering with your install and you know a bit about Linux.
2. You have a specific app that can benefit (usually big number crunching or audio/video encoding apps) or are only running a small number of apps that you know to all be compatible.

That said there is, for example, now comprehensive Automatix (essential addon for Ubuntu) support for 64bit. 64bit is maturing very quickly.

I've found the new generic 32bit kernel in Edgy to be very quick and stable. This helps a lot as before there was i386/i686/K7 versions and I had problems with the K7 version (to get multicore support on a AMD64 X2).
 
squiffy said:
Any recommendations for linux anti-virus software? Disk defragmenter (included with linux?)
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CLAMAV installed with Automatix (only needed really if you share downloaded files with Windows) and the latter is not needed with Linux (e.g. ext3) filesystems.
 
Is there a Linux version of FFDSHOW? (mainly for scaling) also I still need to run a couple of Windows applications, is a emulator available? URC MX-700 remote control software. Is there a Linux version of DVD Profiler?
 
Right installing 64 bit now, and it's hung at 44% complete. :rolleyes:
edit reburnt it and completed, strange as burn verified ok. :confused:
 
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something you should watch out for is if you use any wireless cards.

check your card is compatible and if not, check that you can use something like ndiswrapper to use the windows versions (in my case there were no 64bit drivers for my usb wireless so i had to go back to 32 bit).
 
Yep, upgraded from dapper to edgy today without a hitch. Quite surprised and impressed with it.
 
Personally I would go for a 32bit system for now. Things like Flash (above) and other programs just haven't been written for 64 bit linux which is a pain.
 
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