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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 32 to 64 bits   
   Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:25:25 +0100   
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   MCR  writes:   
      
   > BlackTopBum wrote:   
   >> MCR was all like, you know, and then said something like a ...   
   >>   
   >>> Damn, I was waiting for someone to answer to see if there was a   
   >>> positive answer.  Could I download the next version of Ubuntu as a   
   >>> 64bit version and upgrade using that version?   
   >>   
   >> From one stand point the answer has been positive - we have saved you   
   >> time.   
   >> As of now, from what I have both read and accomplished myself, there   
   >> is no direct upgrade path. Save your user, plus any config files you have   
   >> customized, and do a new install to 64 bit. Although, I went back to 32bit   
   >> as many things I like were no longer useful and, for the average home   
   >> user, 64bit will bring nothing worth the effort of changing.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Thank you for your honest and informative reply.  I really want to   
   > like 64bit computing, I really do.  I have heard so many bad things,   
   > whether it is XP 64bit or Ubuntu.  Its a shame, I'd like to have over   
   > 4GB of RAM and add some more storage, but it seems it isnt worth the   
   > headache.   
      
   Out of curiosity, what do you expect to like about it?   
      
   If you have a 64bit processor, go 64 bit or you are wasting your processor.   
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