[EdLUG] How to tell if a computer is 32 bit or 64 bit

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Hi Kingsley,

I am trying to watch Netflix on 32 bit Lubuntu, but the only browser for
GNU-Linux that can play Netflix files is Google Chrome (chromium doesn't
work for some stupid reason) and Google no longer makes Chrome for 32 bit,
only 64 bit.

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <
edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> It seems to me that
>
>     a.) 32 address bits should be able to access
>         all 3 GB of your RAM[1],
>
>     b.) installing 64 bit code would waste memory
>         for unnecessarily long addresses,
>
>     c.) 32 bit versions of many linux apps are
>         available, and
>
>     d.) maybe 32 bit versions of the software
>         you'd like to use are also available.
>
> I hope that helps,
> Kingsley
>
> [1] 32 bit OS and 4GB memory limit
>
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/32-bit-os-and-4gb-memory-limit-707762/
>
>
> On 07/29/16 19:46, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
> > Hi, thanks to everyone who replied.  I just learned that one needs to
> have
> > 4 GB of RAM to take advantage of 64 bit GNU-Linux, so I am out of luck,
> as
> > this machine only has 3 GB of RAM.  Is that true, am I out of luck?
>
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Christian Einfeldt
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