Thinking of switching to 32 bit

[DGrier]

So I have been thinking about switching to Ubuntu 32 bit, I currently running ubuntu 10.04 64 bit, I have been using it for a couple of months and it seems a little glitchy. Is 32 bit more stable?

I just pisses me off cause when I install/uninstall something sometime my desktop UI appearence will change on me. Plus the firefox 64 bit flash is out of date, unless it has changed I read they stopped making flash for FF 64 bit. Thoughts and opinions greatly appreciated.

[oz]

Yes, 32-bit Linux should be at least as stable for you as 64-bit is, and it might offer additional benefits.

If you have 4GB or more of RAM, 32-bit Linux won't let you use all of it unless you take some special steps to do so. I've been using 64-bit for quite some time without issue, but I'm not a flash user so the current lack of a 64-bit flash plugin doesn't bother me.

[DGrier]

Well my big issue with FF and the flash is nice but like when I watch youtube videos it will not let me click on the play or pause buttons for the video. It would drive me nuts.

I do have 4 GB of ram, with 32 bit probably would only see what maybe 3.5 GB? Would I notice a difference with losing .5 GB of memory? I dont game, just will run a lot of apps at once like internet with multiple tab's, rythmbox and video/music converters, skype and picasa all at once. I would think 3.5 GB would be enough?

[oz]

I do have 4 GB of ram, with 32 bit probably would only see what maybe 3.5 GB? Would I notice a difference with losing .5 GB of memory? I dont game, just will run a lot of apps at once like internet with multiple tab's, rythmbox and video/music converters, skype and picasa all at once. I would think 3.5 GB would be enough?

Right... you'd probably see about 3.x GB (something or other) of your RAM, and if you aren't a heavy duty user, you'd probably not notice the missing RAM. Enabling the extra RAM on 32-bit Linux probably wouldn't be worth the effort, in my opinion.

[Segfault]

32-bit flash works fine with nspluginwrapper here.

[DGrier]

I dont know if I want to go through the effort of this. I would like to use FF cause I am just not a big fan of Opera. It has a ton of cool features but it seems kind of bulky and slow.

I just have a lot of software I would have to re-install on there and right now I am not at home cause I am in the military and trying to get all my software through the ubuntu software center on a public wifi is hell not to mention downloading the OS again for 32 bit version on a public wifi. anybody no a easy way to back up the apps so I can just install them with out having to download them again before I reformat to 32 bit?

Any help is highly appreciated, thanks.

[Segfault]

32-bit flash works fine with nspluginwrapper here.

I meant 64-bit Firefox works fine with nspluginwrapper and 32-bit Adobe Flash.

[DGrier]

I meant 64-bit Firefox works fine with nspluginwrapper and 32-bit Adobe Flash.

Do you think that would fix my youtube problem? How do I go about installing that plug in?

[Segfault]

Not a Ubuntu user myself ... how about uninstalling 64-bit flash, installing 32-bit flash and nspluginwrapper?

[oz]

Do you think that would fix my youtube problem? How do I go about installing that plug in?

32-bit flash on 64-bit linux seems to work very well for some users and not so well for others, at least that's so according to all the reports that I've read here, and elsewhere. You'll probably have to try it yourself to know for sure how it would work out for you. On the other hand, I hear quite a few reports that 32-bit flash doesn't work so well for some users running 32-bit linux, either, hence the strong desire by many for something better to come along and replace flash.