K.S. Bhaskar on 21 Sep 2008 09:00:29 -0700 |
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Michael Bevilacqua <michael@bevilacqua.us> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:42 PM, K.S. Bhaskar <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote: >> >> My son disregarded my advice (he's at that age when dads don't know >> much) and bought a new high end laptop (Extreme Notebooks Raptor 560x; >> I advised him to go with System76). The hardware is so leading edge >> that the only Linuxes I have been able to get to recognize all the >> hardware are Fedora Core 9 & 10 and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. The catch >> now is that I can't get it to run 64-bit Linux (32-bits runs fine). > > 64-bit Linux isn't where it should be at this point, although it is > progressing. You are going to have trouble running a lot of commonly used > applications down the road if/when you do get the system installed. Even > with 32-bit compatability mode. [KSB] On the contrary, I have run 64-bit Linux on my laptop, and elsewhere for a year now. I run Kubuntu, and both Gutsy and Hardy have excellent support for 32-bit applications. I can't really tell the difference between PCs that have 32-bit Ubuntu vs. 64-bit Ubuntu. Regards -- Bhaskar ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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