Thanks Bitt and Tom for your answers.
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32-bit Ubuntu. That's what you should try.
The 64-bit version will have trouble with third-party binary apps
and some browser plugins, all of which are generally okay only on 32-bit.
-ml

Thanks Mark, that's what I expected. I'll pass on 64 bit for the moment, until I really need more internal RAM than 4 GB. This will probably be a while yet, and when that day comes, I'm sure the change to 64 bit will be completely seamless...
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