no; Linux distributions run nicely with 32bit

 

I installed the 32-bit and everything is running smooth. Thanks, Jo.

 

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.

 

I used Ubuntu x32, but was happy to install x64. Didn't have any x64 specific problems with it yet