Hi.
I want to install openSUSE on my inspiron mini 1012 netbook.
- is that a good idea (I mean is the machine strong enough)?
- should I install the 32 or the 64 bit?- the proccessor is a 64 bit, but I have only 1GB ram.
thanks.
yishay
On 05/20/2013 05:06 PM, yishay121 wrote:
> I want to install openSUSE on my inspiron mini 1012 netbook.
i don’t know anything about that netbook, so . . .
> 1. is that a good idea (I mean is the machine strong enough)?
the recommended and minimum hardware requirements are listed here:
http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/art.osuse.installquick.html#sec.osuse.installquick.sysreqs
> 2. should I install the 32 or the 64 bit?- the proccessor is a 64 bit,
> but I have only 1GB ram.
is up to you but i can if you won’t be processing million line
databases, or solving engineering problems of (say) fluid flow
dynamics during the first few nanoseconds of a nuclear explosion, you
can probably “get by” with 32 bit…in some cases one can always
expect 32 bit to be slightly faster…
i’ll say that my daily driver is 32 bit, though the system is
64…and i find quite ok with 1 GB ram…
i ran 64 bit in 2004 and saw no benefit for my needs…
there are lots of points on both sides of the 32 v 64 bit
discussion…in the end you must decide…
ymmv
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http://tinyurl.com/DD-Hardware
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thanks.
sometimes you just want someone to tell you what to do…
but seems you have it right- I have to decide…it’s just that I have no idea of the difference between the two configs, and have no intention to
look out for this.
I want to use my computer, not let it use me…
On 05/21/2013 11:06 AM, yishay121 wrote:
> it’s just that I have
> no idea of the difference between the two configs, and have no intention
> to
> look out for this.
does that mean you do not know the difference between 32 and 64 bits
processing and you do not want to learn?
if, so then just flip a coin–take either one.
but if willing to try to learn, then here are a few million hits:
http://tinyurl.com/npqn8nw
i told you i use 32…the next helper might say 64. no one here knows
what you intend to do with your machine–so, how could anyone begin
to advise you what is best for you?
maybe you should start by telling us why you want to install
openSUSE? or, what your experience is with Linux, or any other
operating system?
i mean, we could guess–but your coin toss is just as likely to be
best as would be our guess.
On 2013-05-21, yishay121 <yishay121@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
> I want to use my computer, not let it use me…
I suppose the question really is when you say `I want to use my computer’, what do you want to use for? If you just want
to use it for emails and web browsing without wanting to know anything about the internal operatings of your computer,
then why not stick with whatever pre-installed OS you have? If it happens to be Windows, and you don’t like it, then you
want to avoid distributions like openSUSE that expect you to take responsibility for making informed decisions.
Linux MINT may be closer to your requirements, because it comes with batteries installed' such as codecs and things. Still don't expect any Linux distribution to just do the job’ without your input. If you’re really not interesting in
the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit (you still have to make the choice for MINT), then I’m not sure you’ll like
Linux.
Nobody is going to tell you which - 32 or 64 - to use.
My current practice - install 64 bit on 64 bit hardware and 32 bit on 32 bit hardware. The honest truth is that for what I do, I cannot tell the difference. Sure, 32 bit is slower, but only because it is on slower hardware.
Yesterday, while experimenting with opensuse 13.1 M1 (an early pre-release version) on a 32 bit box, I decided that I should test it also on a faster, new box. So I just went ahead and installed the 32 bit version on the faster box. It was a choice of convenience. I already had the 32 bit DVD image on a USB drive, so it was less trouble to install 32-bit than to write the 64 bit image.
My point - it makes very little difference unless you have some obscure hardware that only works for one of those two possibilities.
My personal advice - go with 64 bit. That’s because 64-bit is the direction of the future. At present it doesn’t make a lot of difference which you choose. But eventually, you will be forced to 64 bit. So just make the decision now to go 64-bit, and put it behind you. Then you won’t have to think about it again.