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1376906	2014-06-11 06:11:00	I would say don't bother with 64 bit as 64 bit will use more memory and you only have 1Gb anyway. I'd say you'd be much better off with 32 bit on that netbook. It really isn't worth moving to 64 bit if you have less than 4Gb memory. Yes, I was wondering, if system ram would be an issue. Thank you.	ianhnz (4263)
1376907	2014-06-11 10:35:00	I have my eee netbook running on Lubuntu 14.04 64 bits with 2GB RAM and it goes fine. My feeling is that if the processor bus width is 64 bit and you have enough RAM (1GB is marginal) you are better off with the 64bit OS. I was running Lubuntu 12.04 64 bit with 1GB for quite a while - usable but slow.	johnd (85)
1376908	2014-06-11 10:47:00	There seem to be a number of sites on the web that say that a 64 bit OS does require more RAM than a 32 bit one - but it is marginally more not twice as much. - see the 5th reply on this site: social.technet.microsoft.com	johnd (85)
1376909	2014-06-11 12:44:00	Okay, I did a restart, removing USB and booted to the installed version, but now have a problem. I am unable to access the internet and the icon, that was there, has good. Anyone able to help me to reconnect? I did reboot to the 64 bit and the internet works on that? Thanks	ianhnz (4263)
1376910	2014-06-11 12:59:00	Okay, I did a restart, removing USB and booted to the installed version, but now have a problem. I am unable to access the internet and the icon, that was there, has good. Anyone able to help me to reconnect? I did reboot to the 64 bit and the internet works on that? Thanks It's okay, panic over. I just read through the help section, put in a few commands, that made no sense and it worked. Mind you, I thought windows was confusing 20 years ago...	ianhnz (4263)
1376911	2014-06-12 00:20:00	It's okay, panic over. I just read through the help section, put in a few commands, that made no sense and it worked. Mind you, I thought windows was confusing 20 years ago... Give it a bit of time and you'll start to get a feel for it :thumbs: Then you'll boot into Windows and wonder why sudo apt-get install won't work :D	Nick G (16709)
1376912	2014-06-12 01:04:00	Give it a bit of time and you'll start to get a feel for it :thumbs: Then you'll boot into Windows and wonder why sudo apt-get install won't work :D Hey Nick, yes I am starting to enjoy it. I did a Linux couse, must be over 25 years ago and can only remember LS, line scroll and Exit. For the life of me, I can't remember and more. Mind you I'm 61 now and went from Windows 3 upto Windows 7. I've a quick play, with Windows 8, when a friend was having problems and managed to get it sorted. So there's hope for the, old fella, yet. I installed a firewall and Comodo antivirus, on it last week. Just run, Shields Up and passed all the tests, so can't be too bad. Mind you, I've had some great help, on this F1 over the years too. I was jut re reading yours and notice that the command Sudo is used a lot. Can I ask, what it's a command for? (Mind you I just read, en.wikipedia.org and even more confused now). Ian	ianhnz (4263)
1376913	2014-06-12 02:17:00	I was jut re reading yours and notice that the command Sudo is used a lot. Can I ask, what it's a command for? (Mind you I just read, en.wikipedia.org and even more confused now). Ian Sudo is basically how you run a command as the superuser. You've got to use it to do a few things, like updating or installing software. If say, I wanted to install totem: apt-get totem - won't work, not run as superuser sudo apt-get totem - will work, as I'm running the command as superuser.	Nick G (16709)
1376914	2014-06-12 04:45:00	Although that pervasive (ab)use of sudo is particular to ubuntu and derivatives thereof. In most distro's you "become root" with the 'su' command (or just log in as root), do the admin stuff and then exit the root account. Using sudo for everything blurs the line between a regular user account and the administrator account, which is half the problem with windows security, and generally just a bad habit for users to get into.	fred_fish (15241)
1376915	2014-06-12 06:24:00	Yes, but in the *buntu's you still have to enter your password to make the sudo do it's stuff so I don't think it's quite that easy to forget you're executing commands as root (Linux newbies: "root" = "administrator"). You can also use "sudo -i" in a terminal to execute multiple commands as root with having to prefix sudo to every command.	Rod J (451)
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