Linux nerds!

[Tessian]

Question-- I'm getting my laptop shortly and will be putting Ubuntu on it. My question is this:

How stable/usable/useful are the 64bit versions of Linux? They're still pretty useless in Windows and not worth the hassle-- is it the same for Linux?

[Kupek]

We have several 64-bit machines here, and all of our machines have Linux, so that's not an issue. The normal problems apply, though.

[Ronin121_usa]

Well, Linux is still more stable in the 64 bit versions than Winblows, but the thing is, are you used to Linux enough to use it at home? I love Linux, but I use Winblows xp on all my personal pcs cause I just can't do everything as easy on them as I could if they were all running Linux. Sorry to say...

[SineSwiper]

Linux is a server system. Of course the 64-bit of Linux is stable. I would recommend good old Debian, but at least Ubuntu has apt-get, so it's all good.

[Tessian]

When I get my laptop I'm going to dual-boot Ubuntu and Vista which will come on it.

Downloaded the 64bit version last night so I'll give it a try... now I gotta wait for the laptop.