Comment 63 for bug 585940

I am sorry, but I have to say that if I was a regular user not knowing the things I know, and with no will for trying out Ubuntu, I would move to another distribution "which has not the problems that Ubuntu 64-bit has, like Fedora 13 x64 or openSUSE 11.2".

We must think in terms of the competition. The competition does not mention any problems with the 64-bit version.

For example. check here:

http://software.opensuse.org/112/en

Even myself am not entirely sure if the Ubuntu 10.04 x64 has more issues than the competition, or not, because I am confused by the Ubuntu's text "64-bit - Not recommended for daily desktop usage". Are there any issues with 10.04 x64, that 10.10 will not have?

Must I wait till 10.10 x64 to migrate to the newest version, from 9.10 x64 I am using now?

Personally I do not know. I imagine the frustration of the less experienced Ubuntu users.

This situation is harming Ubuntu's reputation seriously. Once Ubntu gets a bad name, it will be very hard to recover.

So I see 2 solutions:

Whether Ubuntu 10.04 x64 is more problematic than the competition, remove it and make available only 9.10 x64. If it has not any additional problems than the competition (like Fedora or openSUSE), then change the text similar to the competition:

32-bit version, 64-bit version.

I consider the matter really important, so my approach is: Fix the issue now!

Thanks.