32 or 64 bit Linux ?

Montala

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I think it has been firmly established that the 64 bit version of Windows 7 is the preferred option on a new high end desktop system, but does this also apply to Linux?

No reason why it shouldn't, I suppose, but the emphasis does rather seem to be on 32 bit versions from most of the distros.

Linux Mint 12 rather appeals to me, but I just thought I would ask the question first! :)
 
Running 64 bit Mint 12 on my 2nd machine here with no issues :)

I think 32 bit is still popular in the Linux world because it can be run on a much larger range of low hardware machines.

I could be wrong :) (normally am ...and one of the more experienced Linux users will be quick to correct me)

PS .... is it cold up in the land of cow sh** and hops? I'm a ex-Herefordshire lad who moved "Down Sarf""
 
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Thanks for the encouraging replies! :)

My only concern now is how to transfer my emails, currently in Windows Live Mail, from a 32 bit Windows 7 PC over to a new one running a 64 bit version of Linux Mint?

PS: In reply to Essexraptor, it is not all that cold, but very windy here at the moment! We have gone the other way and have gradually moved from Surrey up to Herefordshire over a number of moves... and what a beautiful county it is too!

We now live in a completely refurbished 300 year old Grade 2 listed thatched cottage!
 
I was brought up in Herefordshire in a village called Dorstone. Where abouts are you Montala ?

I would always say 64bit unless a USB stick install then 32bit as you never know what machine you will want to boot it on (the number of non-booting windows installs I have grabbed data from using a linux USB stick is staggering).
 
Montala said:
Thanks for the encouraging replies! :)

My only concern now is how to transfer my emails, currently in Windows Live Mail, from a 32 bit Windows 7 PC over to a new one running a 64 bit version of Linux Mint?
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I assume your emails are stored on a server via IMAP or Exchange of some sort? If so then you could give Evolution/kMail or Thunderbird (my personal favourite) a go which should be able to connect to windows live and manage your emails.

Technically you shouldn't have to move any emails over unless you only have them stored locally. Do you have access to webmail? If so does that have all your back dated emails? If it does then they're not stored locally and you won't have to manage a transfer, just setup your new mail client and they should pour in.
 
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I was brought up in Herefordshire in a village called Dorstone. Where abouts are you Montala ?
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I live in Luston, a small village three miles north of Leominster, although having only been here for just over 5 years, we are still looked on as newcomers!

Until last Friday I had never heard of Dorstone, but at a Broadband seminar I heard all about their community led "Front Room" which has recently been established there.

Trying to keep slightly on topic here, I suppose I could always try accessing my emails via a web browser, but I have about six different accounts, all of which are still in use, but were originally set up with a variety of companies which no longer seem to be around, although they do all still work which is something.

I have got used to having them all together (but separate!) in Windows Live Mail, which I have got used to using, so I suppose it is time for me to start doing a bit of research first into alternate means of acess, as I am sure the more recent ones are probably stored on various email servers around the world!

As I mentioned earlier, I will probably eventually end up with Windows 8 anyway, but am loathe to spend £75 or so on an OEM copy of 7, which will be superceded in a few months or so anyway.

I currently use the latest release of Ubuntu on my netbook, but have read good things about Mint 12, of which I have so far only run in 'live' mode.
 
Thunderbird is the one to try ... included in Mint 12 as standard. I have a @msn.com account and it works lovely :)

The first time you open it you set up by entering your account email address and it searches for all the rest of the POP settings etc and away you go.

You can have multiple accounts within the same client

I suggest you try it with one of your smaller ... less sensitive accounts first.

Thunderbird is also available to Ubuntu via the software center if not already installed.

I run the client on a Windows Desktop and Linux versions on several different machines and it's easy to add "add-ons" and import mail from other sources yadda yadda

( My late mother lived in Luston for many years... in a small bungalow down by the school :) )

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I just added a old gmail account to one of my setups and I believe it will take yahoo as well
 
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I have always tended to use POP settings, so probably don't have any emails stored on the servers anyway.

It is important for me to be able to 'import' ones for the last month or so though, which is why I would hoping their might be some way to easily export, or transfer, them.

Presumably Thunderbird wouldn't work in a 'live' environment, where I was just working off a DVD, and in memory, prior to a full instalation, so that I could then check a few accounts out first... or would it?
 
I see no reason why Thunderbird wouldn't work in the live environment.

However, anything that's written to disk whilst in the live environment is lost when you restart the computer.
 
Ha! I hope you're not expecting to be able to export email from Live Mail to something non-Microsoft? That would mean Microsoft supporting some kind of...standard! Very naive. ;)
 
That's not what I mean - I'm talking about exporting mail from Live Mail into another client. Actual mail that's been downloaded via POP.
 
Best thing to do is see what exporting options you have on Live Mail, then see what importing options Thunderbird supports. Match up and we have a winner!

Just a side note, IMO you really shouldn't be using POP for emails, the only reason to would be if that is all your mail server supports, or you keep running out of space on your mail server.
 
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