ProperBritish Wrote:i am a 64-bit 7 install atm :3
at home and at work
what's better about having a 64-bit *NIX?
I've got a 64-bit processor, but only 2GB of RAM, so I've always thought it'd be pointless to go 64-bit.
I can't imagine Debian having more support than Ubuntu (since Ubuntu is the biggest Linux OS), but Debian is pretty popular, too, (Ubuntu uses some Debian stuff, as well).
Xitherun Wrote:what's better about having a 64-bit *NIX?
I've got a 64-bit processor, but only 2GB of RAM, so I've always thought it'd be pointless to go 64-bit.
Ability to run 64-bit applications? 64-bit applications are generally a bit faster than 32-bit.
MysterySword Wrote:I can't imagine Debian having more support than Ubuntu (since Ubuntu is the biggest Linux OS), but Debian is pretty popular, too, (Ubuntu uses some Debian stuff, as well).
Wouldn't say biggest, but Ubuntu does have the most newbie support. Ubuntu is based off Debian.
Ubuntu was built off of Debian and plausibly has the largest community due to the fact of it being so user (noob) friendly. I mainly use it for backups and I like the customizations.