How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Scott]

", "Scott James Remnant spake thusy);:
> > On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 14:04 -0700, Scott wrote:
> >
>> >> ", "Martin Pitt spake thusy);:
>>> >>> Scott James Remnant [2006-09-26 20:55 +0100]:
>>>>> >>>>> Exactly how many Ubuntu developers actually use the 64bit
version.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>> Every day (this machine, in fact).
>>> >>> *me too*. I have used amd64 installations since I bought a new
>>> >>> workstation about a year ago, and I don't even have an i386
>>> >>> installation since the amd64 one just works so well and is
>>> >>> considerably faster in some circumstances (e. g. some packages build
>>> >>> 20% faster; I assume mainly due to the large number of registers
that
>>> >>> amd64 CPUs provide).
>> >> What do you do when you encounter a situation where there are only
>> >> 32-bit apps available?
>> >>
> > I've not encountered this situation ... all the apps I use have source
> > code available.

Aah, I forget about source code. And being a mere user, I seem to only
be able to compile from source about 50 of the time (partly due to lazy
developers who leave completely blank "INSTALL" and "README" files in
their tarballs while having unusual and undocumented dependencies and
"./configure" requirements).

> >
>> >> Flash is a good example...
>> >>
> > Urgh, I consider a lack of a flash plugin a *feature* of 64-bit

I find flash very annoying, but the problem is 3/4 of web developers
don't.  And many sites are virtually useless if you don't have a flash
plugin installed. I tried "boycotting" sites using flash for a while,
but that proved unrealistic.

And YouTube is too much fun to resist. ;-)\

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