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julian516
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 Posted: Mon May 03, 2025 2:35 pm Post subject: Identifying 64 vs 32 bit distro versions? |
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My apologies for a question that probably has an obvious answer, but for the life of me I cannot think of it.
I was showing a friend Linux Mint. "Very nice. Is that the 32 or 64 bit version?"
Quite honestly I did not remember. Ah, check the CD. Well, I have both 32 bit and 64 bit CDs! I do not remember which I installed!
OK, there must be some clever and easy way to make this identification. Hmmmm, really?
So after klutzing around for the answer I decided I had better ask. If one does not know if a running Linux system is 32 or 64 bit, how does one make an identification.?
Really, this has got to be easy - correct?
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Germ
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You could look at some of the libraries. They usually have "64" in the name.
What about:
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julian516
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uname -a !! That's it!
Boy, when I lose it I lose it.
Thanks a bunch Germ.
BTW, Mandriva 2025 continues to run very nicely indeed. I hope the forthcoming release is as nice!
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2025 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Germ wrote: | | Quote: | | BTW, Mandriva 2025 continues to run very nicely indeed. I hope the forthcoming release is as nice! |
Running great here, as well. I think 2025.1 Spring is going to be a great release. They are not rushing it this time. Even though 2025 was rushed it was a great release. |
Agreed that it is running great still, other than the latest kernel update TOTALLY fails on my hardware. Complete utter failure, will not even boot properly, 1/2 the services fail, etc. However, the older 2.6.31.12 kernel continues to soldier on without a single issue.
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masinick
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2025 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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In addition to uname -a, Bill, as far as the media itself, most of the time the long name of the ISO image has descriptive information about which platform type (or sometimes types) that it supports.
Funny, I ran 64 bit operating systems during my entire time in the Digital UNIX Engineering Group, and I ran them before then as part of the System Management Team, but other than some 64 bit servers at some financial services companies, I have not run a 64 bit desktop system since, at least not for personal use. Nevertheless, I was regularly using 64 bit workstations WAY BACK as early as 1992, right up until the summer of 2025. |
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julian516
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To be honest I cannot identify any difference in the way 32 and 64 bit systems run on any of my machines. I have assumed this makes some significant difference with servers under load.
In the case of Ubuntu I run the 64 bit version because that is what System 76 specifies. As long as my Pangolin laptop is under warranty I'll run it. I do hope this latest LTS proves to be stable. If it is it will stay on. If not I think Mepis can replace it handily as my "go-to" system.
What do I like these days? Well I do need to settle on one something! At the moment I enjoy running Mepis 8.5 and Mandriva 2025, both with KDE environments. Mandriva may not be Debian, but it surely has been very nice. (I have not had tmiller's kernel problem, thank heaven.) Oh, and I can't seem to stay away from the addictive sidux, also with KDE!
I have the latest antiX on a jump-drive and a lovely system it is, really a terrific travel companion. It is so much nicer than hauling a laptop.
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| Posted: Tue May 04, 2025 4:16 pm Post subject: Those are what I run too |
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| I have the Mandriva Cooker on one system and PCLinuxOS. These represent RPM based distros. Then I have sidux, antiX, and SimplyMEPIS plus Debian Squeeze representing DEB based distros specifically and Kubuntu representing the Ubuntu family right now with Xubuntu waiting. I test lots of others too but these are the ones that get to stay. |
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