Re: [Staffslug] 64bit linux
On 05/08/07, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey guys im pretty new to this list and pretty new to linux in
general I'm
currently using debian on my current setup. But because I recently had a
spending spree on ebay I now have a athlon64 and a new motherboard. What im
wondering is how much more difficult is setting up and using a 64bit version
of linux?
thanks in advance,
Jon
Hi Jon and welcome to the list :-)
First of all I should say that I have not used a 64bit version of
Linux. That said it doesn't matter because both the 32 and 64 bit
versions are the same installation wise (as in actually doing the
install). The differences are simply in the various lines of code
that make up Linux. These lines are simply optimised to make use of a
64bit chip.
Now, the difficulty you may find is in your new motherboard. It may,
and fingers crossed it will, be a breeze and all functions and
facilities are supported in whatever flavour or distro you are going
to use. On the other hand there may be something on the board that
simply decides to not work to start with; this would 'possibly' happen
with either 32 or 64 bit versions. I say possibly because the 32 bit
version of your favoured distro may actually have the required
libraries etc that support that board; whereas the 64 may not have
cuaght up yet. You can always run a 32 bit version on it no problem
if this happens.
Give it a go and see what happens. If you do run into problems give
us all a shout and we'll no doubt suggest using a different distro :-)
Seriously, any problems and we'll do what we can to help.
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Kevan Farmer
Linux user #373362
Staffordshire