Linux Mint 64 Bits

[Kylee Mccandrew]

Thedescription of the cause of the problem was edited to reflect the fact that this issue is specific to Linux Mint. 32-bit support works out of the box in Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. The relevant changes in Ubiquity were overlooked by the Linux Mint team. Apologies to the Ubuntu developers for linking to the wrong bug report and creating confusion about this.

So, do it! I am so tired of Ubuntu being another Microsoft, really?, having to constantly find bug fixes and workarounds so that they can release their software on time to hold their share price. I would like to see a distribution take the lead that still believes in ONLY releasing solid software. BTW thanks for the fix:)

I have had problems with 32-bit applications on 64-bit before. Especially with Second Life, which needs 32-bit versions of libraries. Will it be possible in Mint 14 to tell the package manager to install specifically the 32-bit version of a library (in particular all the libgstreamer codecs), along with any 32-bit dependencies?

For experienced linux users, all distros become almost the same, there are only few major factors that really matter for choosing one, among of them are package management (so you can re-configure the environment to your needs) and the ability to install newest versions of your favorite apps.

Hi,

Mint is new and the best for me. I prefer it than others packages.

Some strange problem with wifi that Im trying to solve via your Forum but once I post my problem I was imposible to re-connect-login again in order to provide the info requested. Strange.

I disagree with Johnny. There are plenty 32bit systems still around. Of three Mint boxes in my home network, two are 32bit, including a not-too-shabby 1.6 GHz Core Duo laptop. I administrate another half-dozen for friends and relatives. And unless you break multiarch like it happened here, there is no need to drop 32bit support anytime soon.

well updating my system when power went i thought i would try mint 14 still installing i have the rc version will i be able to update to full by the updates i like the look of 14 plus it i have 3 systesm that are 32bit still thinking of installing linux mint 13 to my moms laptop so she can have a usable computer again after i get more ram in it it only has 512mb it needs 1gig at least

Loving the new distro. Only bug I a found so far that affects me is: I use the Dlink dns-321 NAS drive, and had a program accessing it. Found a line of code to put under the Workgroup, and not am able to access the NAS. My problem is that when I copy multiple folders and/or large files, Nemo, Nautilus and any other file manager I use freezes up, and I have to force quit or reboot. Ended up booting into Windows to copy my back from the nAs to a partition on my computer, then booting back into LM 14 Cin to copy them to my home folder. Any one have ideas to fix this? PS the line I added was:

To respond to everyone who thinks Ubuntu should be dropped I would say to you that Mint still gets plenty of good things from Ubuntu. I could see a point in time where Mint could be complete isolated from Ubuntu but they have a ways to go. I personally have tried LMDE and disliked it with great intensity. I agree with the Mint team in keeping Ubuntu as an upstream source.

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