On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 11:42 -0400, Arc Riley wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Bruce Labitt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seriously, now. Why Ubuntu vs straight Debian? Ubuntu has > worked at > making the average-user experience easier, is that it? > > That's exactly right.
That, and new releases every six months vs. maybe every few years. > As I said before, I have a work system which needs to be 64 > bit, is > there enough support for 64 bits in either? > > There is a 64-bit version of Ubuntu on the download page. However, if you need to run random 32-bit stuff on a 64-bit system, its a bit more work than other distributions that have more mature multilib support. That said, I generally find there's very little 32-bit I have any actual need to run on my own x86_64 boxes (ppc64 is of course a different story... :). -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
