[ale] Ubuntu for AMD64

[Jeff Hubbs]

Dan Lambert wrote:
> I'm running Debian Etch on an AMD 64, and it is pretty well developed. I
> use Ubuntu on most of my computers, but have the Etch machine just to
> keep up with that system.
>
> I haven't found any of the 64 bit distributions that are as fully
> developed as their 32 bit equivalents for use as a normal desktop
> environment.
>
> The operating systems themselves seem to be very well developed, but the
> interfaces are lagging a bit due to trying to make the 64 bit
> applications have the same look and feel as the 32 bit ones.
>
> Dan
>   
I really have had no such trouble with AMD64 under Gentoo since 2004;
it's just another supported arch.  Yes, there are 32-bit issues that
need handling, but that's just the way it goes.