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
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