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[Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>]

> I want to install the operation system on a computer, which will work
> with Yade mostly for simulation.
> Are there any reason to install 64-bit operation system (actually it
> will be Ubuntu 9.04) or 32-bit is ok also?
> Processor is Pentium E5200.
IMHO there is no reason to have 32bit system on a 64-bit machine. On 32 
bits, 1 process cannot use more than 4GB of RAM.