I’ve been seeing a lot of OSS software lately that isn’t supporting linux, but could easily. Especially 64 bit users, which are growing in numbers thanks to ubuntu making 64 bit linux so damn easy.
Linux users are naturally early adopters (thus, they use linux). Limiting the support for this platform is a big mistake, because they are more likely to test the software early, and report bugs whenever there’s a problem.
Now, that doesn’t mean that this is always the case, I’ve met some pretty stupid linux users, but the majority are involved with open source in some way, even if it’s not programming.
What I’m trying to say is, I really want Gears to work on my main box, but it isn’t just limited to that. Firefox extensions really should support 64 bit, because by default 64 bit firefox is used in 64 bit Ubuntu, as with most other distros. Personally, I’m not going to start using 32 bit firefox just for Gears, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
Anyways, that’s my rant. Now go fix the problem. Thanks.
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People like you are ruining our jobs at Microsoft.
Gears is packaged for karmic, including 64-bit.
Haha, just saw the year on this post. Here I was thinking this was just a few weeks old. Well, you’ve got your problem solved either way
Yeah, I got 64 bit working now, awesome sauce. I need to update this blog some time, lol.