[ubuntu-za] upgrade or not

[James Cuénod]

Thanks Raoul
I'm not too concerned if I have to do a complete reinstall - the thing that
I'm concerned about is whether or not the 64bit version supports a lot of
software; it seems that there are frequently issues with various pieces of
software (e.g. ffmpeg) that only apply to the 64bit versions - I wonder how
much of a speed increase I'll see if I upgrade...

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Raoul Snyman <
raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote:

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> Hi James,
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> On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:53:13 +0200, "James Cuénod" <j3frea at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I would like to upgrade at some point - I have a question though - I'm
> > running 32bit Hardy, is it possible to upgrade to 64bit Intrepid? Also,
> is
> > 64bit better or worse because it seems that a lot of software is not
> > really 64bit friendly...
>
> I'm currently running a 32-bit kernel on a 64-bit processor, and I've been
> toying with the idea of going 64-bit. There is only one problem: You need
> to do a fresh install. I have done a fair amount of Googling, and I found a
> couple of folks who did do an upgrade, but they needed to do a fair amount
> of fiddling, and then they were not always successful. So if I do go the
> 64-bit route, I'm going to rather do a complete re-install - it's a safer
> option.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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