[ubuntu-uk] 64-bit or 32-bit, Was BBC Iplayer download on Linux

[Alan Pope]

2008/12/21 David King <linuxman at avoura.com>:
> I do not see why more people do not use 64-bit operating systems. The
> CPUs on all new PCs are now 64-bit, so why not have 64-bit OS?

Because (on my laptop) there's zero benefit to running 64-bit version
of the OS and there are some gotchas with a few things either not
working or requiring enough faff to get working that it's
annoying/frustrating/timeconsuming to do it. I ran 64-bit Ubuntu for 6
months and now have reverted back to 32-bit.

My laptop has 4GB of RAM but there's a flaw in that it will only show
3.3GB to the OS, whether it's 64-bit or 32-bit.

Cheers,
Al.