[CoLoCo] I Love Ubuntu!

[David L. Willson]

Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit Linux?  The 64-bit is bugged and
unfixed, but there's a workaround.

To find out whether you're running 32 or 64, type 'uname -a'.  My output
looks like this:

Linux aurora 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:28:27 UTC 2007
x86_64 GNU/Linux

And now with block-brackets around the important part:

Linux aurora 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:28:27 UTC 2007
[x86_64] GNU/Linux

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 02:40 -0500, thezorch wrote:
> I have thoroughly fallen in love with Ubuntu!  Specifically 7.10.  
> Feisty Fawn Ubuntu 7.04 seemed way to unstable to me, it was very easy 
> to break, but that could be due to the distribution being used by Wubi 
> also.  This is actually the longest I've been able to use Ubuntu without 
> it blowing up in my face after downloading a few additional programs.  
> This old tech veteran is very impressed.
> 
> How I was able to fix my DVD playback issue was by installing the CSS 
> codec for encrypted DVDs following the instructions in Ubuntu's own 
> How-To website and installing VLC.  I've used VLC on Windows for a long 
> time and its one of the best video players around.  Xine won't work 
> anymore and Totem is useless for DVDs but it still works for Divx/Xvid 
> and MPEG video files.  I've got a substantial collection of Anime 
> fansubs which I watch on a regular basis.  Anyway, I am really enjoying 
> my time with Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 and I will be recommending it 
> everyone I know except for the one person who already has a great 
> non-Windows OS .... Mac OS X!
> 
> I still have to keep XP around though because there are some programs I 
> use which don't have Linux alternatives like Final Fantasy XI which is 
> an MMORPG and won't work under Wine.
> 
> -- 
> Michael "TheZorch" Haney
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