[Melbourne-pm] [OT] Seeking the 64-bit linux that's right for me

Adrian Masters adrian at ash-blue.org
Tue Nov 6 19:23:58 PST 2012


You can try alternative windows managers. For example, xubuntu uses xfce which is less resource intensive than others like KDE and the default Ubuntu manager.
Adrian

On 07/11/2012, at 12:56 PM, "Sisyphus" <sisyphus1 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback, guys.
> 
> I don't have to make any decisions just yet - but Ubuntu Desktop is sounding good at the moment.
> 
> I'm definitely wanting to up the RAM to at least 3GB (as was recommended to me in an off-list post) .... more, if feasible. I'll make enquiries to the shop about that.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Corkindale" <toby.corkindale at strategicdata.com.au>
> To: <melbourne-pm at pm.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 10:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] [OT] Seeking the 64-bit linux that's right for me
> 
> 
>> On 07/11/12 01:26, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>>> Hi Rob,
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 00:18:39 +1100
>>> "Sisyphus" <sisyphus1 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I use mainly MS Windows - not that I understand that OS all that well, but I
>>>> probably understand it better than I understand the linux systems.
>>>> 
>>>> I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.40 GHz processor,
>>>> with 1.00 GB of RAM, and a (new) 465 GB hard drive.
>>>> It's currently running (more like "walking") Windows Vista64, but now that
>>>> I've got hold of a new Windows 7 (x64) box, I'd like to stick a 64-bit linux
>>>> distro on this older box.
>>> 
>>> I would recommend something like Mageia - https://www.mageia.org/en/ . Its
>>> advantage is that while it has an x86-64 version, you can still install some
>>> 32-bit i586 packages from the package manager, which are sometimes needed by
>>> games, proprietary packages such as Skype, etc.
>> 
>> 
>> At least on Ubuntu (and I gather recent Debians) I've never had any trouble with 32 and 64 bit stuff co-existing -- they have this multiarch thing going on.
>> 
>> That said, I have hardly ever had to use it in recent years -- it seems like everything comes in 64-bit versions now. (including Skype, the package you mentioned as an example of requiring 32bit support. not true!)
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