I tried that with Linux Mint. The 32 bit versions would install and run but the 64 bit versions would not.
I’m using Windows 7 64 bit version now and have an Intel Core i3-2120 CPU @ 3.30GHz, so it’s not the CPU not being 64 bit. When I finish installing Mint and reboot, I see a message that there is no operating system. Luckily, I had backed up my hard drive with Clonezilla before I started monkeying around.
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“I tried that with Linux Mint. The 32 bit versions would install and run but the 64 bit versions would not.”
Odd. Have you tried Ubuntu? You must know that you don’t have to install Linux to test the compatibility beforehand. Download a 64-bit image file, burn a DVD and boot from that to test it before installing. I am running a 64-bit version of Ubuntu Mate and really like it.
BTW, 32-bit versions run very well on 64-bit systems, just somewhat slower. Better than nothing and still a workable alternative to the despised Windows.