Hi all… I’m running Ubuntu on my 64bit system. Ubuntu is my host OS. I have vBox running and would like to install OpenSuse in virtual environment. **Should I download the 32bit version ?or 64bit version? **
… also…
In the future, should I always download the 64bit ver of Operating systems since my machine is 64bit?
Thanks all…
On 06/29/2011 03:06 PM, c4x wrote:
>
> *Should I download the 32bit version ?or 64bit version?
depends on what you need…we have no idea if you are using a
supercomputer crunching huge fluid thermodynamic modeling of nuclear
explosions or just playing solitaire…so, we have zero basis to answer
your question of what you should do…
on the other hand, if you have a 64 bit computer you can use either 64
or 32 depending on your computing needs…
i’ve had nothing but 64 bit hardware since about 2005, but have only
occasionally installed 64 bit software when i thought i might need
it–but, so far 64 has shown no increase in anything except problems…
and, there are some case when 64 will run slower than 32…
well, this has been discussed over and over, read around–there are as
many opinions as their are answerers:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforums.opensuse.org+32+vs+64
Use 32 bit
_64 is pointless, regardless IMO
When running a 64 bit system in vbox you need a cpu with virtualization
feature (it is not enough just to have a 64 bit cpu).
And if your cpu has that feature it needs also to be enabled in the BIOS
(can be disabled by default sometimes).
To check your cpu run the following command
egrep '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
If this returns nothing then you can only use 32 bit as guest.
svm is AMD-V, vmx is Intel VT.
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PC: oS 11.3 64 bit | Intel Core2 Quad Q8300@2.50GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | GeForce
9600 GT | 4GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.6.4 | nVidia
ION | 3GB Ram
Thanks All… martin_helm I ran the egrep and got a whole bunch of stuff on my screen, so I guess I could run the 64. Thanks again for answering… I’m sticking with 32… :o)
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:06:02 +0000, caf4926 wrote:
> Use 32 bit _64 is pointless, regardless IMO
I think I’d go along with that. For one thing, 64-bit software can be non-
existent or rather flaky. Mozilla only produce 32-bit versions of their
software so this can cause a bit of bother if you run on 64-bit Linux,
especially if you want to use Lightning. Also 64-bit Java had a long
spell where it wouldn’t work too well.
Of course, nothing is as clear as it seems, especially when I am using
the nVidia 32-bit driver, but that’s a problem for another time and place.
–
Graham Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 11.4; KDE 4.6.4; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Video: nVidia GeForce 210; Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA);
Wireless: BCM4306
On 2011-06-30 09:20, Cloddy wrote:
> Mozilla only produce 32-bit versions of their
> software so this can cause a bit of bother if you run on 64-bit Linux,
Not true. I’m using a 64 bit mozilla:
MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE-4.0-4.1.x86_64
MozillaFirefox-4.0.1-0.2.2.x86_64
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:20:08 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2011-06-30 09:20, Cloddy wrote:
>> Mozilla only produce 32-bit versions of their software so this can
>> cause a bit of bother if you run on 64-bit Linux,
>
> Not true. I’m using a 64 bit mozilla:
>
> MozillaFirefox-branding-openSUSE-4.0-4.1.x86_64
> MozillaFirefox-4.0.1-0.2.2.x86_64
I think it’s openSUSE that provides the 64-bit versions. You can get a
very snotty reply from Mozilla if you say that you can’t find a 64-bit
version of Lightning to plug in to TB. Something on the lines of “We
don’t do 64-bit version of TB so you must have got it from someone else.
Ask them for a 64-bit version of Lightning.”
There are 64-bit versions of Lightning floating around - not on Mozilla
site - but I haven’t seen anything yet for TB5.
–
Graham Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 11.4; KDE 4.6.4; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Video: nVidia GeForce 210; Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA);
Wireless: BCM4306