May 2011 Entries

Question about Ubuntu 64-bit support

Recently I have installed Linux Ubuntu on my mom’s computer, replacing the old Windows XP. Seems enough for googling and mailing that she is doing. BTW, it works just fine after few small tweaks, like getting rid of too-fresh Unity interface and disabling awful overlay scrollbars (that appear only when you mouse over the edge of a window). Anyway, in the process, I had to read some information about Ubuntu and one of the questions was – whether to install 32-bit or 64-bit one. Jumping to the end – I installed 32-bit, to exclude any possibility of applications/drivers incompatibility (search...