I installed 8.10 64 bit on a Dell Optiplex 330 64 bit processor and had
a few problems. One in particular was installing Skype. There were
some graphic card issues also. I then installed the 32 bit version and
it's working like a charm. I'm new at Linux and it took a while to
get everything working and to my liking. It would be very painfull if I
had to reinstall and loose my configuration and added programs. I'm
going to have to do some research on what files to back up and how to
create a text file of my customization.

Interesting post. I was wondering what it would be like updating to a
newer version and if it was like Windows updates.