Re: [MLUG] Dell To Offer Ubuntu

["shawn parker" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

i ran xp64 for a while and performance on applications varied. i had
some games that were "supported" and ran poorly. windows xp itself was
very good. fast, responsive, installed and booted quickly.

also, a lot of software installed in legacy 32bit mode. some wouldn't
even install under that.

problems under ubuntu 64-bit:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=191205

On 5/1/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 May 2007, George Robb wrote:
>
> > I see it helping out the Linux community in general by having a large
> > vendor on the community's side.  e.g. on the discussion list a member
> > built a 64 bit box and was completely frustrated due to the lack of
> > 64-bit flash support.
>
>
> In the MS-Windows world, with XP x64, there is a 32-bit subsystem called
> WOW64 (Windows-on-Windows 64-bit) that allows users to run programs
> written for ordinary 32-bit Windows.
>
> Is there nothing comparable in the Linux world?
>
> The WOW64 approach doesn't always work though.  A few programs fail to
> install.  I've also had a bunch of problems with drivers that did not work
> on x64 (e.g., printer, sandisk reader).
>
> Mike
>
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