[Ilugc] amd64 and linux
- From: mohan43u@xxxxxxxxx (Mohan R)
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 08:34:34 +0530
On Thursday 21 April 2011 04:36 PM, Mukesh Yadav wrote:
hi,
I just got new laptop Compaq with amd64 Quad core processor. I have heard
(Even have Experienced) that few linux Distro's gives problem with AMD
processors.
Last I was trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2 but it gave me some error
while installing it.
1. Can you guys give any suggestion which distro will work out of the box
with this laptop.
2. Can I install 32 bit Distro in AMD 64 laptop.
Mine is Compaq Presario V6000 Series (AMD Athlon X2 64 TK-55), me too
experienced some glitches with Ubuntu i386 (To be true, ubuntu really
sucks you know..). Switched to Debian x86_64 (Testing) ~2 years before.
Solid as it is.
But there are some minor things out there If you are using x86_64
architecture.
1. Flash is the biggest problem, seems they stopped developing
flashplayer for linux 64bit.
2. Google-earth, skype, googletalk-plugin don't have 64bit version. you
can install it, but libc32 and lot of core 32bit libraries will be
installed along with them. So, your system's 64bit purity will be gone.
I would suggest go for Mint LMDE x86_64.
Thanks,
Mohan R
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