HOW TO KNOW YOU ARE RUNNING A 32-BIT OR 64-BIT UBUNTU?

If you have forgot what bit version of Ubuntu you are running.

There is a nice and simple command line program called uname that tells the current bit version

Open Terminal.

 

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Type

uname -m

in terminal and hit enter.

 

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  • If the response is i686, you have a 32-bit version of Linux.
  • If the response is x86_64, you have a 64-bit version of Linux.
If you want to know more details like Kernel version, Time stamp etc..
Try

uname -a

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