Need advice: ASUS Z92M 64x2

[Thomas Sperre]

Onsdag 06 september 2006 13:22 skreiv Eduard Bonet:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a new laptop and i would like some advice. I have seen
> around that with a 64 bits, two processors (AMD Turion) i can have
> problems installing kubuntu and i will certainly have problems running
> certain programs. Is it correct?

Hi Eduard
I have a AMD 64 X2 stationary. I don't know what programs you want to run, but 
there is a lot of programs to choose from. I think many of the most popular 
programs and file formats are 64-bit compatible by now. I am using the 
2.6.15-26-amd64-generic kernel and most of my applications and desktop system 
seems actually more stable than in the 32-bit version. This, however, might 
be because I had give KDE a few extra tweaks on my 32-bit.

I think I can say that if you have very special programs you are intending to 
run, you may have to do a bit of compiling yourself for the 64-bit version, 
but you can expect very much of the generally popular software to work on 64 
bit. Laptops is a bit of an issue here, since they are known to have quite a 
few components on the hardware side that may be custom. 

I guess it may be an issue to get all components on a high-end laptop working 
under linux, regardless of 32 or 64 -bit, but that 64 bit may require a 
little extra work as there is not many 64-bit laptops around yet.