Currently I am running 13.04 32-Bit format on a fairly new (less than 2 years old) dell laptop. On the blessed day when 13.10 rolls around for upgrading, can I upgrade from 32-bit 13.04 to the
64-bit 13.10 without incurring any stress and strain? Or will I need to do this as a brand new installation (and thereby hosing all of my configurations not to mention needing to restore many gigabytes of data files).
Failing that, does anyone know if the upgrade mechanism will just stick to the 32-bit format during the next upgrade. I am asking this because I read in another forum that going forward Ubuntu would default to 64-bit for downloads and installations.
64-bit 13.10 without incurring any stress and strain? Or will I need to do this as a brand new installation (and thereby hosing all of my configurations not to mention needing to restore many gigabytes of data files).
Failing that, does anyone know if the upgrade mechanism will just stick to the 32-bit format during the next upgrade. I am asking this because I read in another forum that going forward Ubuntu would default to 64-bit for downloads and installations.