[mav3r1ck007]

Which of the following,
Ubuntu,OpenSUSE or Fedora is best suitable for a 64-bit processor s/m with XP 64-bit installed?

[edwardrsmith]

The distribution shouldn't matter as it is the kernel with must deal with the processor and I believe that they all use the same kernel. The kernel itself is what actually interfaces with the hardware and that is where the largest differences between running a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system occure.

I am currently running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu on a computer with an intel quad core processor and it works fine. I did have to install the 32-bit libraries to get some programs to run correctly (like skype) but after that it was fine.

Edward

[mav3r1ck007]

Originally Posted by edwardrsmith

The distribution shouldn't matter as it is the kernel with must deal with the processor and I believe that they all use the same kernel. The kernel itself is what actually interfaces with the hardware and that is where the largest differences between running a 32-bit and 64-bit operating system occure.

I am currently running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu on a computer with an intel quad core processor and it works fine. I did have to install the 32-bit libraries to get some programs to run correctly (like skype) but after that it was fine.

Edward

Dear Edward,thank u 4 ur response.But I'd like to know which Linux has an appreciable performance on 64 bit processors with of course, lesser complexities involved.

[Nepomuk]

Originally Posted by mav3r1ck007

But I'd like to know which Linux has an appreciable performance on 64 bit processors with of course, lesser complexities involved.

They're all fairly simple to use, and the performance should be quite similar. If you're thinking "which will run program xyz fastest", then that depends on many different factors - the Desktop Environment for example (KDE and Gnome being the two biggest) or the daemons which are running in the background.

If you can tell us what you want to run on the system, we can possibly help you, but there shouldn't be much difference on any modern processor.

If you don't want to use Linux for a specific type of program but for general usage, I'd recommend to download the LiveCDs of all three (Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE) and just test them without installing. Decide, which you like most and then put it on your drive!

Oh, of course the systems won't be as fast from LiveCD as they will be when installed. So don't worry about that.

Greetings,
Nepomuk