Ubuntu 32-bit or 64-bit?

mcmurphy12

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Hi everyone. I am currently thinking about doing a dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I am not sure whether to go with the 32-bit or 64-bit version, though. I run the 64-bit version of Windows, so does that mean I should install the 64-bit version of Ubuntu?
 
64 bit is the way to go these days, a lot of the old problems have been ironed out. Though it still loosely depends on how much RAM you've got. If you're only running on a about 1GB then it's probably not worth it.
 
Windows NEEDS 64bit, but other systems run just fine on 32bit when they are lean-n-mean.
Linux runs well in 32bit :wave:
 
I'm very pro-64-bit. I've had too many issues resulting from PAE and the OP appears to have 8 GB of RAM.
 
that's just fine, but wanted to make the point that while Windows should now state a 64bit requirement (imo), there is none such for Linux. Issues like PAE are usually distribution specific.
 
I do have 8 GB of RAM in my current setup, but I am just going to stick with the 32-bit for know. Windows will still be my primary OS, so I am not really worried about top performance for Ubuntu. Thanks everybody.
 
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