Take the 2-minute tour ×  Possible Duplicate: Why not use 64-bit
Ubuntu?  11.04 is already available. But why 32bit is again
recommended and what's "wrong" with x64 ?  P.S. I know about
this question, but this is kinda different.  share|improve this
question I have to admit that this one really puzzles me too.
Perhaps most Ubuntu users have <4 GB RAM installed, perhaps
Flash is still a problem, perhaps it's rampant conservatism. The
Athlon 64 came out eight years ago. Surely most desktop users
have 64-bit CPUs nowadays. I feel it's time to make a very bold
stride forward into a brave new world of computing. –  boehj Apr
28 '11 at 14:37 add comment  marked as duplicate by Lekensteyn,
Marco Ceppi Apr 28 '11 at 15:03   2 Answers  I would think this
recommendation is for those aren't aware otherwise.  I am not
from Canonical, but I am thinking "32 bit" will work on all new
PC's, "64 bit" won't. It would be bad if there was any form of
fuss online if many people installed the reommended version, and
have it not wo