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769779 2009-04-30 10:41:00 Can you burn a Ubuntu ISO to a DVD (E.g.: DVD-RW?) or does it have to be a CD?

I have an AMD Athlon 64 processor, running 32 bit windows, should I use 64 or 32 bit version of Ubuntu???

Thanks :)
stu161204 (123)
769780 2009-04-30 10:49:00 There are live DVD images as well so I guess it doesn't really matter

I have heard that 64bit Linux is slightly quicker on a CPU that supports 64bit, than 32bit Linux

I just use 64bit coz I can, noticed a very slight improvement but then Gentoo is pretty quick anyway
Myth (110)
769781 2009-04-30 11:02:00 It'll burn fine to a DVD, doesn't matter.


Your processor support 64bit which is good if you wanna install 64bit linux:p
If you'll hit the 4gb memory and do lots of heavy work and run lots of VM's get the 64bit version.

Otherwise, 32bit will be fine.

Some apps run slower in 64bit that 32bit though

There aren't many 64bit driver problems though.

Blam
Blam (54)
769782 2009-04-30 11:06:00 What about using a Live Ubuntu on a DVD? can that be done? stu161204 (123)
769783 2009-04-30 11:16:00 What about using a Live Ubuntu on a DVD? can that be done?

It doesn't really matter whether or not you use a CD or DVD as long as it fits.
johnd (85)
769784 2009-04-30 11:17:00 What about using a Live Ubuntu on a DVD? can that be done?If you mean can you burn to a DVD instead of CD - Yep shouldn't be a problem - done it by mistake one day - grabbed the wrong stack of Disks and just threw one in the drive, Burnt the ISO - Booted up fine - wasn't till I went to grab another (what I thought was blank CD - I buy them by the 100 Spindle) that I noticed--- OPPS wrong stack of disks :o wainuitech (129)
769785 2009-04-30 11:23:00 What about using a Live Ubuntu on a DVD? can that be done?

All Ubuntu iso's are live also. And it will work fine with dvd/cd as long as it fits. Burn at the slowest speed possible to avoid corruption
Blam (54)
769786 2009-04-30 11:53:00 Altho some burning programs can be fussy. If the ISO isnt big enough for a DVD, it wont burn it, it'll tell you this.

Usually if the ISO is under 700mb the program usually expects a cd
Speedy Gonzales (78)
769787 2009-04-30 14:45:00 Some apps run slower in 64bit that 32bit though
Blam

Blam - are you able to elaborate? I'm not having a 'crack' either - I'm genuinely curious.

I looked this up (www.tuxradar.com) - as one of the more current links - hardly scientific but interesting.

I don't use Ubuntu - Debian / Kde for me (Mepis) - but I am using 64bit and I compile backports for the community repository. I've noticed that compiling on 64bit is noticeably faster (especially the big apps). I switched from 32 to 64 quite a while ago - and everything seems 'snappier'. Would be really interested if there are modern benches which show 64b to be slower.

TIA - Brooko
Brooko (8444)
769788 2009-04-30 18:38:00 I stand to be corrected but I have read that some apps are designed for and will only run at 32 bit speed with no improvment on 64. kjaada (253)
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