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Is it OK to use 64bit ubuntu for development purposes?

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I'm trying to install 32/64 bit ubuntu on my 6GB memory equipped PC.
I'm going to use the ubuntu PC mainly for development purposes - Xilinx FPGA development, gcc both for 8086 and ARM software development including Linux kernel compile.

Is it OK to use 64bit ubuntu for these purposes? When I tried to download ubuntu 32bit version is recommended, so I wonder if anything is wrong with 64 bit ubuntu for whatever reason.

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answered 1 Year ago damomnning · Accepted Answer

With FPGA development you're building a cross-compilation toolchain regardless(the Xilinx software), so it makes no difference. 64-bit is fine. There is a case to be made for developing for i386 on i386 and not needing to cross-compile. In this case, it's a moot point.