whether my system is 32 bit o 64 bit?

[Linux Tyro]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Amedee Van Gasse
<amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be>wrote:

> 'uname -a' yields:
> >
> > Linux myfamily-desktop 2.6.32-34-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 13
> > 19:40:53
> > UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> It's the "i686" part that counts. This means 32bit.
> If you were using 64bit, it would say "x86_64" instead.


But my processor is 64 bit capable!

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