Linux Lite 3 32-bit or 64-bit

[hughparker1]

I have been using various linux distros for a couple of years now but still consider myself to be a newbie. I have several laptops/PCs each with multi-boot OS as I am still investigating the different distros out there.  Initially I didn't install LL because it always liked to be in charge of the grub menu but after using it I soon realised that even though is was extremely light on resources it was fully functional.  I now think LL is currently one of the best distros out there.

I have now successfully installed LL3 64-bit on two older BIOS laptops which both had 4GB RAM
DELL Vostro 1520 Intel Core2 Duo T6670  ............................................ (bought 2010)
Sony Vaio Intel Core2 Duo T9400 & NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT ............ (bought 2009)

Both are running very well indeed.

I have a couple of questions and would appreciate any advice/guidance ...

Q1. I was recently asked to install linux on an old SAMSUNG NC10 Netbook with only 1 GB of RAM so I was thinking I might install  LL3 32-bit as I read on-line that 32-bit might be better than 64-bit for laptops with only 1GB RAM.  Would 32-bit be a good choice?
EDIT: I just found out that the processor for the SAMSUNG NC10 is i386 so 32-bit is my only choice here, but still not sure which would be best for the ASUS EEE-BOX see below, any advice would be appreciated.

Q2. I also have an old ASUS EEE-BOX Dual core Intel Atom D525, Graphics NVIDIA GT218 [ION] with 4 GB RAM bought 2011.  The processor is not very fast although the grapics card is not too bad.  It currently runs OpenELEC very well indeed.  Would you recommend LL3 64-bit for this install?

[firenice03]

Q1. I was recently asked to install linux on an old SAMSUNG NC10 Netbook with only 1 GB of RAM so I was thinking I might install  LL3 32-bit as I read on-line that 32-bit might be better than 64-bit for laptops with only 1GB RAM.  Would 32-bit be a good choice?

I have an older Dell Mini 10 that has 1gb ram.... I have run 32-bit LL2.x and currently LL3.0... If you can, have time, I'd suggest trying both as there are differences between the series - both great.
Something to also consider if you do; install LL2.6 and update to LL2.8 (for kernel support) 3.13 is LTS... LL3.0 is 4.4.
If it wasn't for LL my netbook would be bound for the bin.

My specs are in my signature for comparison... I have recently upgraded to a SSD drive which has added a lot for this little machine..

[hughparker1]

Q1. I was recently asked to install linux on an old SAMSUNG NC10 Netbook with only 1 GB of RAM so I was thinking I might install  LL3 32-bit as I read on-line that 32-bit might be better than 64-bit for laptops with only 1GB RAM.  Would 32-bit be a good choice?

I have an older Dell Mini 10 that has 1gb ram.... I have run 32-bit LL2.x and currently LL3.0... If you can, have time, I'd suggest trying both as there are differences between the series - both great.
Something to also consider if you do; install LL2.6 and update to LL2.8 (for kernel support) 3.13 is LTS... LL3.0 is 4.4.
If it wasn't for LL my netbook would be bound for the bin.

My specs are in my signature for comparison... I have recently upgraded to a SSD drive which has added a lot for this little machine..

Thanks for reply, the spec on your old Dell Mini 10 is exactly the same as my SAMSUNG NC10.  But I just found out that the processor is i386 so 32-bit is my only option.  So I installed it and it is working very well. Takes about a minute to boot but after that it is quite fast to operate.  when idle it only uses 166 MB of memory so very lightweight. 

I'm not sure if I should also install 32-bit on my ASUS EEE-BOX or would 64-bit be best since it does have 4GB or RAM.

[torreydale]

If your ASUS EEE is dual core and 1.8 GHz, you can go either way.  You can run 32-bit at 4GB of RAM, and it may perform a bit better.  I installed 32-bit for two aunts who were running sub 2 GHz dual core processors, and I upgraded them both to 4GB.  Their machines run like new.  They can't run Google Chrome, though.  Google no longer supports the 32-bit browser for Linux. 

Try the Live Media for both 32-bit and 64-bit.

[hughparker1]

If your ASUS EEE is dual core and 1.8 GHz, you can go either way.  You can run 32-bit at 4GB of RAM, and it may perform a bit better.  I installed 32-bit for two aunts who were running sub 2 GHz dual core processors, and I upgraded them both to 4GB.  Their machines run like new.  They can't run Google Chrome, though.  Google no longer supports the 32-bit browser for Linux. 

Try the Live Media for both 32-bit and 64-bit.

Thanks for reply, my processor is a dual core Intel Atom D525 at 1.8 GHz.  I tried using live media for both 32-bit and 64-bit and found the 32-bit used about 20% less memory than 64-bit so I installed the 32-bit software and it is running very well right now.  Much more responsive than the other distros I tired on this machine. It doesn't have a very powerful processor.