One of the more irritating aspects of running a 64-bit distribution is that there are still many applications that are not compiled as native 64-bit binaries. This leads to dependence on 32-bit libraries, and managing these 32-bit dependencies is often unpleasant. There is no shortage of users who have introduced more problems than they have…
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Tag Archive: Ubuntu
Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger)
Is Linux ready for the desktop? Thus far, my conclusion stands. Ubuntu is Debian with a lot of the sharp edges rounded off. And it just gets better with each release, really. The new “Add Applications” menu is quite enjoyable. While I’m personally a fan of the more traditional “apt-get install “, simply because I…
