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Wats the differnce b/w Ubuntu & Ubuntu

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Gigacore
Gigacore Original post #1
Jun 2, 2007 at 10:36 AM
Whats the difference between Ubuntu x86 PC Edition and 64 Bit PC Edition

i know that 64 Bit Edition is for AMD 64Bit and EM64T CPU's.

Whats the difference?
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ambandla #2
Jun 2, 2007 at 10:49 AM
*www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=616&num=1

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit
knight17
knight17 #3
Jun 2, 2007 at 12:22 PM
One is for 64 bit processors, other is for 32 bit ones.
Zeeshan Quireshi
Zeeshan Quireshi #4
Jun 2, 2007 at 1:05 PM
Intel_Gigacore said:
Whats the difference between Ubuntu x86 PC Edition and 64 Bit PC Edition

i know that 64 Bit Edition is for AMD 64Bit and EM64T CPU's.

Whats the difference?
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No difference , they're just compiled for defferent instruction sets , that's it .
praka123
praka123 #5
Jun 2, 2007 at 1:45 PM
64-bit as of now faces problems like flash not supported(but u can try gnash-free player),win32codecs not running .although may be some workarounds available(chroot?) :( .as for now for a desktop user if he got a 64-bit capable hardware go for 32-bit one.it supports multimedia better.but its upon u. :)
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mehulved #6
Jun 2, 2007 at 4:15 PM
Some distros do support having both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries together, there you can easily use flash player and such softwares which don't work on 64-bit.