Colorados22 Posted December 25, 2006 Share Posted December 25, 2006 Being new to linux I don't really know the relative merits of one distribution over another! Which linux distribution for 64 bit processors would you recommend? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 http://distrowatch.com/ ahs ever distro of linux nowen to date ether 32 or 64 all u have to do is browse and read... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-261917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 probably fedora core 6- 64 bit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-262028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliverstorm Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 if you are a crazy person who NEEDS to have 64bit everything, a from-source distro will probably make it easier Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-280055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 What are you going to use linux for? If its for a desktop I'd say Fedora Core/Ubuntu. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-280178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 I have been using this custom build computer with a 64bit CPU for about 7 months now. I have come to the conclusion that it is better to run the 32bit versions of Linux distros. 1) There is no difference in speed 2)Quite a few apps simply aren't available as a 64bit version. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-280243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Well, I run a freebsd 64 bit server and it runs great, if you have a lot of ram, then 64 bit can help with some apps. Also usually you can run 32 bit apps, ( I know i can in freebsd with lib32). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-280330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 gentoo works great in 64bit and for a couple of apps that won't run you can always use a chrooted environment, and you're set Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-280518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockoTDF Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Ubuntuforms.org provides great help, so if you decide to go 64 bit, go with them. 64 bit is only needed if you are doing things like graphics work, lots of compiling, or folding@home. There is also a command (exactly what it is skips my mind) which forces the installation of i386 programs. As an example you will want to install the 32 bit firefox so you can use flash, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36800-linux-for-64bit-processors/#findComment-283801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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