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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