Good news for all fans of Ubuntu, especially 64-bit. During a recent meeting between members of the development team, it was decided that 64-bit of Ubuntu (Beginning with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin) become finally recommended versions than the 32-bit. Although Linux was the first operating system to have support for x86_64/AMD64 architectures, and Canonical has released images of Ubuntu 64bit support since the beginning many of the same software architecture, The Ubuntu team has always recommended the 32-bit version of Ubuntu instead of the 64-bit.
With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which will be released next April, the most important change will cover just the 64-bit version of Ubuntu that Canonical will be strongly advise to download and use. Of course this does not mean that the 32-bit version is not available: it will be released properly as always. The reason for this is that Ubuntu 12.04 will provide default support multiarch and ensure compatibility with 32-bit packages. Many problems are solved, thanks to 64-bit native support for Adobe Flash and OpenJDK, and 64-bit version will become the number one recommended because, compared to 32 bits, much faster.
With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which will be released next April, the most important change will cover just the 64-bit version of Ubuntu that Canonical will be strongly advise to download and use. Of course this does not mean that the 32-bit version is not available: it will be released properly as always. The reason for this is that Ubuntu 12.04 will provide default support multiarch and ensure compatibility with 32-bit packages. Many problems are solved, thanks to 64-bit native support for Adobe Flash and OpenJDK, and 64-bit version will become the number one recommended because, compared to 32 bits, much faster.
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