The message 63F7A21F1CA18143AFDBF28E2A7D6BBA02309F24@endor.kewill-europe.com from "Keith Watson" keith.watson@kewill.com contains these words:
Similarly Ubuntu and Knoppix provide nice coherent configurations of applications in one simple package. I'm particularly impressed by Ubuntu and its hardware detection script at install time. I've switched to using it as my main distro. Mainly because it makes the whole install/upgrade task a complete no-brainer.
Should do me then...
5 are for the x86 architecture and 5 are for 64 bit (AMD64/EM64T) architectures.
Ah. Whoosh! What's the x86 architecture? And how would I know if my AMD box is 64-bit?
Well the glib answer is "if you have to ask probably you haven't got 64 bit" but I suspect that there's a more technically correct answer. Anyone care to provide it? :o)
Until recently I couldn't have told you which of my machines had an AMD and which had an Intel CPU - but I've been guddling about inside them all recently.
If anyone would like a copy of either (or both) sing out and we'll arrange getting one to you.
I'm holding my fire on that until I find whether it's loadable, and if so, there's a really good reason for having it.
Have a play with the Live CD and see if you like to look and feel. Also have a look at the official Ubuntu web site (http://www.ubuntulinux.org) and the unofficial ubuntu starter guide (http://ubuntuguide.org)
Well, I've been playing with Knoppix live to do nasty things to HDs loaded with Windows - and wot are bereft of their Mucro$notty influence now. I like Knoppix.
So, would I like Ubantu more, and why?