I have a laptop that has an AMD Turion64 Processor. Should I install the 64 bit version of Kubuntu, or will some things not work? I am going to install Kubuntu 6.10. Previously, I had lookied into installing the 64 bit version, but I heard that there were some programs that didn't work on that version, and I was just wondering which one I should install now.

Is there some way that I can install 32 bit applications on this computer if I install the 64 bit OS? Or will I have to use only 64 bit applications?

Thanks!

There are still one or two programs that aren't 64 bit the biggest one being Flash, but other than that almost everything has a 64bit version. Finally, yes it is possiable to run 32bit and 64bit applications at the same time.

Some programs, like Wine I think, don't like to work on 64-bit but at least some of them can be installed on 64-bit too, with a little work (like Wine, example). I see no reason not to install 64-bit Kubuntu; I'm not familiar with what happens if you try to install 32-bit Kubuntu on your 64-bit system, or if it's even possible, but on the other hand I see no reason not to do it. If you've got 64-bit processor, take the advantage out of it. If you were able to move from 100% Windows --> Linux, I think you can handle moving from 32-bit --> 64-bit.

I will install the 64 bit version. Flash would be one of the main reasons that I wouldnt, but I found a post about how someone with Debian had installed the 32 bit version of firefox so that they could install 32 bit extensions, including flash. I think if I mess around with it a little bit, I should be able to get flash running on this computer.

Thanks!
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