Questions about the 64-bit architecture, and how to get some software working on it.
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Why does Ubuntu Download recommend 32-bit install?
The Ubuntu desktop download screen has a pair of radio buttons you use to select whether you wish to download the 32-bit or 64-bit version. The 64-bit version is labeled "Not recommended for daily ...
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12answers
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How do I check if I have a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS?
I downloaded and installed the latest 11.04 version from the official Ubuntu site.
However I don't know if it installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version.
In Windows 7 I could right click My PC and there ...
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15answers
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What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit and which should I choose?
What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu? I've heard the 64-bit platform performs better and can detect more than 4GB of RAM. Also, while some apps haven't ported to 64-bit yet, ...
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How do I install Adobe Flash player?
I have had significant problems with watching flash video in 64-bit Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a good way to get flash running on the platform?
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Is it possible to “upgrade” from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?
As per title, I wish to know if I can, after a successful 32bit setup and consequent software installations, update to a 64bit version.
I know how to partition (actually one of the solutions is to ...
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9answers
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Is 64 bit Ubuntu stable for general use?
Are there still general problems using the Ubuntu 64bit version ?
I heard that most of the programs do not work out of the box?
Will I notice a significant speed-boost? Until now I have always used ...
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3answers
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My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?
My processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz). As far as I know that's a 64-bit processor - I'm a bit confused as the architecture is called AMD 64, is this a generic name given to 64-bit ...
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Dependency error while installing google chrome on Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
I Installed Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit Unity Desktop environment and did the routine OS update.
Downloaded the 64 bit .deb file from google chrome website and tried installing it ,which resulted to the ...
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10answers
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Core i7 with 4GB - go 64 bit or stay 32bit..?
I have a Core i7 laptop with 4gb ram. In windows, the disadvantage of using the 32bit OS would be that a single app could not use more than 2gb of ram (+ the 2gb shared kernel-space memory) except ...
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2answers
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How do I install the google-talkplugin?
How do I install the Google talk plugin so I can use gtalk and Google Plus?
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2answers
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How can i install XFCE along side unity?
I would like to be able to install XFCE to run alongside unity so I can choose on startup which DE I use, without breaking any features of either DE.
Following this: ...
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6answers
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8 GB RAM on 64 bit processor using 32 bit Ubuntu
I'm going to repeat the title in a longer word. Can a 32 bit Ubuntu address more than 4 gb of RAM on a 64 bit processor?
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2answers
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How to force Wine into acting like 32-bit Windows on 64-bit Ubuntu?
When installing Wine on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04, both 64-bit support and 32-bit support get installed. If I run wine foo.exe where foo.exe is a 64-bit-aware installer, it thinks it's on 64-bit Windows. ...
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11answers
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Skype on 12.04 x64 does not start even after purging and reinstalling it
I am wondering if there's anyone here who managed to use Skype on 12.04. It used to work (ever since I first tried Ubuntu 10.04) flawlessly, but after upgrading to 12.04, it just doesn't start.
If I ...
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7answers
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How do I run a 64-bit guest in VirtualBox?
I would like to have an Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit test environment. When I try booting the Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit installation CD in VirtualBox, the following message is displayed by VirtualBox:
VT-x/AMD-V ...
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5answers
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How do I upgrade from x86 to x64 without losing settings?
Is there an easy way to upgrade the system to x64 from x86 without losing settings and having to repartition etc?
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7answers
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Does Ubuntu Desktop 32Bit Support more than 4GB Memory with default installation?
Does Ubuntu Desktop 32 Bit support more than 4GB memory WITHOUT changing anything (Without having to activate PAE via compiling kernel or anything similar). Will installing the 32 Bit Ubuntu on the ...
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2answers
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No such file or directory? But the file exists!
I've downloaded a game (Shank) but the bin file doesn't run. The error that is shown when I try to launch the executable is:
bash: ./shank-linux-120720110-1-bin: No such file or directory
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5answers
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Excessive hard disk activity
I am having problems on Ubuntu 12.04 x64 "fresh" installed on ext4 partition on primary HDD. When not in use every 5 to 10 seconds HDD is active for about 10 seconds an writing no mater what ...
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4answers
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What happened to the ia32-libs package?
The ia32-libs package is longer present in Ubuntu 12.04 repositories for a 64bit system.
Are there any available replacement packages available for download?
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3answers
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How do I apt-get a 32-bit package on a 64-bit installation?
I was trying to get a game working. But I have Lucid Lynx on amd64 running while the game binary was 32 bit (no 64 bit version available and nobody was in the mood for recompiling). It lacked ...
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8answers
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Minecraft in jdk 1.7.0_u2 x64
I have Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit and I installed JDK 1.7.0 update 2 x64 via webupd8 page. But currently I have problem with minecraft game. After downloading launcher from Minecraft.net and lauch the game ...
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Bastion on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit gives only a black screen
I just downloaded the Humble Bundle with the game Bastion. After installing Bastion and starting it up, only it shows first a few logos, and then only a black screen and the mouse pointer. I can here ...
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2answers
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Screen tearing in 11.10 with intel graphics
I have a slight screen tearing when watching videos in Ubuntu 11.10 x64, really annoying. Both in Unity and GNOME-Shell. Please focus the answer to GS since it's my primary DE and it's where I want it ...
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3answers
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How much benefit does increasing memory RAM have on the system?
I will soon have a PC that can handle up to 32GB of RAM (Yeah my dream comes true) but I would like to know, because this is the first time I am jumping the 4GB boundary on a home computer, how much ...
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5answers
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Difference between the i386 download and the amd64?
What is the difference between standard i386 download and the amd64 download of Ubuntu 11.04? I am currently running the i386 on an amd machine, would my system work better with the amd64 download ...
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2answers
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Why is synaptic downloading packages for both amd64 and i386?
I'm running Oneiric 64-bit, and since I've upgraded I notice Synaptic has split the repositories into 64-bit and 32-bit, but it's downloading archive lists for both of them, taking twice the time as ...
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7answers
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Where is the Flash in Chrome?
I installed Google Chrome. This is the first thing I did after installing Ubuntu. I went into firefox, and went to chrome.google.com, and hit the button. I don't like package managers, and avoid the ...
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2answers
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Problems with Eclipse and Android SDK
I installed Eclipse, openjdk6 and downloaded and extracted the sdk manager file.
Now, When I created an Android project I got the following error:
2012-06-06 18:44:40 - contactManager] ...
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3answers
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No such file or directory for existing executable
I just upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 x64 from Ubuntu 11.04 32bit. But I find a really annoying problem. When I drag executable from file explorer to shell, the shell says
bash: ...
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4answers
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DVD with both 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu
Is there any such images in existence that will allow me to install 64-bit Ubuntu if supported, or fallback to 32-bit otherwise?
I'm participating in an installfest by a new and unofficial LoCo, and ...
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How do I install Draftsight CAD?
I've installed the 11.04 64bit version and now i can't install Draftsight (32bit with force architecture option) because there is an error with the library libexpat1..
anyone know how solve?
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1answer
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Wine won't follow Symbolic links
I can't get Wine to follow some symbolic links I have in my home folder or in applications. Is there a way to enable this? This is on Wine-1.5.18.
Edit: Just in case it helps, I'm trying to use a ...
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2answers
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skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I am using ubuntu 11.10 64bit,
skype was working however after running sudo apt-get autoremove skype is throwing
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object ...
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How can I tell whether my Firefox is 32 bit or 64 bit?
I have a 64 bit Ubuntu. For the preinstalled Firefox i had to download the 64 bit plugins (flash, java), the 32 bit plugins didn't work. Then I downloaded Firefox from mozilla.org, which just has one ...
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Is 12.04 compatible with the Dell XPS 14Z laptop?
Thinking of buying above Ultrabook and installing Ubuntu. Anyone done this already?
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How to install 32 Bit Wine on 64 Bit Ubuntu?
currently I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 Bit on my laptop and I want to install some windows programs with wine (Dreamweaver CS5/Starcraft II etc) but these programs require the 32Bit version of wine to ...
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Why is more than 3GB of RAM not recognised when using amd64?
Why does Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 not addresses more of 3GB ram? Please if somebody knows about that, tell me the solution.
My machine is a Toshiba P205-S6287 Intel centrino duo 64 bits procesor and 4GB ...
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4answers
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Run 64bit OS in Virtual Box from 32bit Ubuntu
Is it possible to run Windows 7 64 bit from a 32bit ubuntu OS?
I can reinstall Ubuntu as a 64bit OS, but would prefer not to if it is not necessary.
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Why can't i choose output sound for each application?
I am using dual monitors, and i want to be able to play a movie with sound on the TV (through vlc or something) and then play youtube og some games with my headphones on my laptop. Is there anyway i ...
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Flash is not working in Chrome (Crossover Linux is installed)
I have google Chrome 8.0.552.237 on Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit and flash is not working, I have tried a variety of methods to install flash, including Firefox flash-aid and the flash-installer package and ...
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2answers
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Install amazonmp3 on a 64-bit desktop
Try to install amazonmp3 on a ubuntu desktop 64bit edition. Amazon only supports Ubuntu 8.10 32Bit version.
I googled around to see if there was a way to install 32 bit packages under 64 bit Ubuntu, ...
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Virtualization of Windows on Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit
Which is better and more efficient? KVM or virtual box for using windows on ubuntu 64 bit?
I dont know much about KVM and I have used XP on Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit using virtual box,and it is very easy ...
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2answers
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How to cross-compile an existing deb package from 64bit to 32bit architecture
I have rebuilt a deb package with a custom patch for my computer which is a 64bit machine. I did it using:
sudo apt-get -b source [package name]
Now my question is, how to do that in a similar ...
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1answer
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Building a 32-bit app in 64-bit Ubuntu
After hours of googling, I decide to give up and ask you experts. I am trying to build a 32-bit application (xgap if anyone interested) in my 64 Ubuntu 11.10. I added the CFLAGS=-m32 and the ...
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Facebook and Gmail stop working after 10 minutes
I have problems with facebook and gmail only: It works fine and lets me log in, view the content, read new messages, etc. But after 5-10 minutes it doesn't load at all:
This webpage is not ...
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How do I get Lotus Symphony 3.0 working?
I have recently switched from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit.I did so under the impression that Lotus Symphony would function on this operating system.
I have done about everything I can think of - ...
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ACPI issue, help to fix broken DSDT on an HP Pavilion DV6-6008el
I'm having a hard time fixing the ACPI subsystem of an HP laptop (Pavilion DV6-6008el, Ubuntu Natty 64-bit).
I can boot only if acpi=off is specified as kernel parameter in grub, otherwise blank ...
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Chrome icon not appearing in Launcher
I've been using Chromium for some time now, but I decided to switch over to Chrome. More features.
Anyways, I found that when I launch Chrome, its icon doesn't appear in the Launcher.
Do any of you ...
