Comment 87 for bug 585940
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| Alan Bell (alanbell) wrote Re: Text reads "not recommended" for 64-bit | #87 |
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So this is won't-fix for Lucid. Fair enough. What is the proposed wording for Maverick?
Personally I would recommend people installing now use 64bit so that they can keep upgrading forever, even when the 32bit build is discontinued in 2020 or so. (We could start a sweepstake on which will be the last 32bit release). The Intel Atom is a 64bit chip, there might be some 32 bit chips still existing, but I don't know what they are. How about:
32bit (Works well on all computers, including models that are not 64bit capable)
64bit (Recommended for newer computers)
the main issue I have with the Lucid text is the "daily use" part. It kind of implies that it works at weekends or something, but use it too much and you will have problems. That isn't the case, it might not install if you don't have a 64bit capable computer, if it does, it is solid and perfectly good for daily use. 64bit is massively more compatible with random stuff than the lpia architecture was.