ubuntu distro

[Mike Reinehr]

On Wednesday 09 November 2005 07:27 am, Rick Sivernell wrote:
>   I have looked at the ubuntu site a little, and I have a couple of
> questions for someone running ubuntu. I notice theyu did have a 64Bit
> version. Is anyone running this and are there any gotchas' here? I seem to
> remember something about su(ing) or changing to root. Is there something to
> be aware of before starting to do an install of this distro? Is it really
> ready for system production work on desktops or laptops. Any info is
> appreciated.
>
> cheers

Rick,

I'm running AMD64 Debian, rather than 64bit Ubuntu, but I think the consensus 
is that, yes, 64bit Debian, either the plain vanilla version or the Ubuntu 
version, definitely is ready for production work. For what it's worth, my two 
dual-Opteron servers with AMD64 Debian have been up and running without a 
hitch for most of this year.

I just did a quick scan of the AMD64 mailing list and found only a few 
references to Ubuntu, specifically. This one, from last January, seemed the 
most informative:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2005/01/msg00682.html

Here's a couple of other Debian links that might be helpful:

http://wiki.debian.org/?DebianAMD64

http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/

Cheers!

cmr

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