Why Ubuntu?

[Ockie]

oh...so is that why Ubuntu only sees 875meg of my actual 1GIG ram?

 

[Izak Eloff]

No that's because the missing 125mb is used for your virtual video memory. 32bit can see up to 3.5gb

 

[Ockie]

oh okie dokie...thanks Izak. Now I also learnt something new. I am a total noob when it comes to hardware really.

 

[Izak Eloff]

No Prob. Can you please tell me what the code/name is for mint? Can't seem to find it on the local mirrors.. Thanks.

 

[czc]

I don't know if mint is on the local mirrors.

 

[Ockie]

Linux Mint 8 ("Helena")

http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/linuxmint/stable/8/

What you give me? 100 bucs hehe.

 

[Izak Eloff]

Haha, simply amazing!! Thanks ocleroux. Just booted from the cd and looks so cool. But I have no idea what everything is. I guess I need to play around a bit. At least it looks beautiful

 

[dabbler]

Ubuntu/Kubuntu are local downloads. Updates are all local, except some security updates. This is what made me decide on Kubuntu.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

The problem is that if I run 32bit my OS can only see 3.5gb RAM. So I think RAM is the most obvious reason for someone to run a 64bit OS rather that 32bit.

Actually you install the Ubuntu server kernal as it will pick up more than 4GB (32bit still). Do it with my work desktop.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

@Izak

Perhaps you should install using VirtualBox under windows. That way you can try out different distros without having to partition your drive. You can also run Virtualbox under Ubuntu. I have a WindowsXP client running and it helps when I need to run certain Windows apps.

 

[Smiley_lauf]

There are issues with Adobe Flash (youtube and all) in x64, that's why I have reverted to 32-bit, sees only 2.9GB of my 4GB of RAM; but hell, it flies.