![]() All of this is time-consuming and takes up space on your computer, causing everything to run more sluggish. You can install plug-ins and codecs to improve compatibility, but you still might not be able to play some videos. You also don’t want to be in a situation where you have multiple players - one audio, one for video, and one for streaming - because your media player can’t handle the files. Thanks for the help.Since most computers come installed with a video player, why would anyone hassle with downloading a third-party software? Simple, these built-in media and video players only support a limited range of formats, meaning that half of the time you can’t open the files you need. So, whatever’s causing the issue, it’s not the 32-bit version.īut overall, Evertying seems to be working fine, and I think I’ll plan on adding 4GB of RAM soon. The most noticeable is inconsistent touchpad performance – it takes a lot of “raking” of the touchpad to get the pointer, finally, to the place you need it. Some of the bugs of the 32-bit installation persist. I could, if I wanted to, install Chromium, which also is 64-bit-only. If there are benefits under the hood that I can’t see, so much the better.Īnd now, with a 64-bit OS, I have installed Steam, which I could not do with a 32-bit OS. Performance appears to be, at first look, no different – that is to say, every bit as snappy and responsive – as it did with the 32-bit installation. There’s been no meaninful change in the system operating temperatures. I just haven’t decided whether to pull it.Īn update, for the possible benefit of anyone else who may have this same question: So, for now, I have the 64-bit installation locked and loaded, and my finger is on the trigger. I’m not a gamer, but I would like to install Steam to access some of the low-wattage, old-guy games that I would enjoy revisiting, but Steam requires 64-bit. I know Chromium requires 64-bit, but I don’t use Chromium and prefer Firefox anyway. The current, 32-bit setup has some quirks: Trackpad performance is very poor the Gedit text editor is stuck in always-on-top mode (opening or clicking another window does not send the text editor behind the selected window) and there were the aforementioned problems with UB’s software app failing to install the Google Play Music desktop player.īut again, I don’t know if any of those issues have any connection to 32- or 64-bit OS modes. ![]() I have reasons to think switching to a 64-bit setup might be beneficial. Or maybe not? I’m too much of a noob to know whether 32- or 64-bit makes any difference in that regard. And I worry that installing the 64-bit distro of UB would introduce stress that would push the temps back up into the danger zone. Anyway, whatever I do, I don’t want to return to the days of 85C temps. Now, as I type this, my system is running very comfortably (and quietly) at 53C – even though Budgie, like Kubuntu, is built upon Ubuntu 18.04. The keyboard would be almost too hot to touch. Doing almost nothing at all with software, temperatures in the componentry would routinely hit 80C-85C, and the fan would be in overdrive constantly. And, very important to me, the machine operates at a much cooler temperature than before.īefore I installed UB, I was running the 32-bit distribution of Kubuntu 18.04. Everything I touch has a snappy response. System bootup is the fastest I’ve ever experienced. So far, the current 32-bit installation runs great. My system is 1st-gen XPS, and there is a lot to like about this machine, but when it comes to Ubuntu Budgie, it seems to occupy a performance gray zone: It has 165 percent of the memory needed to run 32-bit UB, and 83 percent of the memory recommended to run 64-bit UB. You say my system is adequate to run 64-bit UB distribution. So, thank you for that.Īnd now I have a 64-bit UB distribution on a bootable USB stick, ready to go. It took your answer to finally lift the fog for me. Op-mode(s): 32-bit or 64-bit, your choice I had assumed it was preconfigured at the factory to be only one, only the other, or – somehow, mysteriously – both at the same time, i.e. ![]() ![]() It simply never occurred to me that it was left to me to determine whether my system should operate in either 32- or 64-bit mode. once you spelled it out, I had one of those “of course” moments where I slapped my forehead.
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