For some reason, a couple of months ago, I was going to try running the 64-bit Ubuntu Live CD on my computer just to see what would happen. Today, I finally remembered it again, and actually did it.
The startup menu appeared. The system booted to the desktop. A quick check of the "uname -a" command revealed, once and for all, that my computer actually has an Sempron 64-bit processor. I won’t be installing a 64-bit OS on it though until Ubuntu has proper multi-arch support.
Also, on the list of possible things that I won’t possibly get around to doing: Ethics Reporter. A program that scans your hard disk for possibly unethical programs and modules. Apps by companies which engage in anti-competitive practices, programs that are closed-source, codecs that are licensed, etc. When the scan is complete, it opens an HTML version of the report.
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