Kubuntu x64

[Paul King]

My experience with running 32-bit apps under Ubuntu were generally that they 
even refuse to install, let alone run.

Paul King

> Paul King wrote:
> > We have entered a new "low phase" in Linux: the long wait for apps to run in
> > the new 64-bit architecture. I think this happened before, when the
> > architecture first moved to 32-bit.
> >   
> I have been running 64 bit OpenSUSE for over 3 years and don't seem to
> have those problems.  The only issue I've had is browser plugins, so I
> simply run the 32 bit browsers.  Also, I don't think Linux was ever less
> than 32 bits, as it was originally written for the i386.  You should be
> able to run 32 bit apps on 64 bit systems, as I have done.
> 
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