OT - Which Linux?

Lars T. Kyllingstad public at kyllingen.NOSPAMnet
Fri Aug 21 01:15:54 PDT 2009


Walter Bright wrote:
> 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.


Good times ahead:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec

-Lars



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