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ubuntu desktop on dual xeon?

Asked by DanAdams

Hi

I have an old-ish HP/Compaq Workstation (model number W6000), which has two single-core 32-bit Xeon processors at 2.0ghz. I am wanting to install Ubuntu Desktop on this machine rather than my main machine until I am comfortable using it as my main operating system.

Does Ubuntu Desktop edition support dual processors or do I need to be looking at the server edition or a different linux distribution?

If Ubuntu Desktop does support dual processors, will it make use of dual processors for every application, natively to the OS or what?

Many thanks

Dan

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Best Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : 		#1

Linux supports multiprocessor systems since 1996 (V. 2.0). Ubuntu (and every other linux-based distribution) will handle your dual processory natively to the os.

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DanAdams (dan-adams) said : 		#2

Thanks Markus Thielmann, that solved my question.

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DanAdams (dan-adams) said : 		#3

Thanks, I am not very familiar with linux at all - I used it whilst at university on the university systems but not at home - and I couldn't seem to find this answer anywhere. I was extrapolating from my windows experience that only the more high-end editions of the OS would support multiple processors and therefore that the "desktop" edition of ubuntu might not. I'll go ahead with Ubuntu then, thanks for the quick reply :-)

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Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : 		#4

Welcome, then, to the growing ubuntu community. You made the right choice to test Ubuntu :-)

You might find this usefull: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty. It's kind of a unofficial FAQ for the Ubuntu Feisty distribution.