OT - Which Linux?

Walter Bright newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Thu Aug 20 12:10:32 PDT 2009


Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
> Tip: If you have a 64-bit processor I would still recommend you install 
> the 32-bit version of Ubuntu if you intend to use it mainly for coding. 
> DMD is strictly a 32-bit compiler, and any library you want to use must 
> also be 32-bit. Keeping a separate tree of 32-bit libraries in a 64-bit 
> Ubuntu installation is possible (or should be, using the ia32-* 
> packages), but I hear it's a pain.

I have 64 bit Ubuntu, use it to develop 32 bit apps, and haven't had 
much problems.



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