I'm running Gutsy amd64. Before that, I was running Gentoo, which I still prefer even, but I needed to reinstall and I thought I'd give Ubuntu a go. I regret it and love it, in fits and starts.
My summary of Gentoo vs. Ubuntu on the amd64 goes like this: Gentoo: only some things will ever work, but when they do, they sure run fast! Ubuntu: Everything runs, but some things are so slow you can't use them. So it's a wash. pax, Scott On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Nick Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a Althlon 64 X2 a while back. When I first got it I dutifully > downloaded the amd64 version of ubuntu (edgy, I think; I don't > remember), but I found that lots of stuff (mostly proprietary software, > like flash, skype, etc.) didn't have a 64-bit version. You could use > the 32-bit version, of course, but then you needed to get all the 32-bit > libraries, and this wouldn't just work automagically through apt, and > the file hierarchy wasn't really setup to have parallel versions of all > the libraries, so you had to fool with things to get all the software to > find the right libraries, etc., etc. Basically, it sounded like a huge > hassle, and it didn't seem worth the effort at the time. > > How is the amd64 version of Ubuntu these days? Do these problems still > exist, or have they worked it out so that you can use 32-bit software > where needed without too much trouble? > > Regards, > > Nick > >
