On 02/08/2013 12:13 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 09:39:16PM -1000, david
wrote:
On 02/07/2013 02:27 AM, Brett McCoy wrote:
+ How easy it is to install a program from my distro's repository,
or get adventurous and mix repositories. Or mix distros.
Ummm, and if you come across a bug, which distro to you report it to?
Depends on which distro the version came from. Or just report it to the
program developers directly ...
+ No 32-bit vs
64-bit compatibility issues.
Multi-arch should take care of this.
I've not encountered any incompatibilities between 32- and 64-bit Linux.
The same programs are available on both.
Windows still has compatibility problems between 32- and 64-bit Windows
OS - 32-bit apps that won't run on a 64-bit Windows, missing device
drivers, etc.
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