GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 619979
System monitor System tab should show architecture (32/64bit)
Last modified: 2011-12-12 00:42:15 UTC
this report has been filed here: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/531762 "After installing, it is not clear to the user wether they are using a 32bit or a 64bit version. The System Monitor System tab should contain architecture information so people know whether they are running 32bit or 64bit. It is currently unclear to me where people can look to decide which proprietary binary they should download. "uname -a" solves the problem, but a normal user should not rely on the console for this information." Thanks,
the System Monitor should display : - the architecture of the current system - architecture of the hardware (in order for the user to know if the computer can run Ubuntu 64 bits or not) "uname -a" (or uname -m) indicates the current system architecture. If I don't mistake, the architecture of the hardware is given by "lscpu".
This is still an issue in Ubuntu 11.10, it is crazy to provide a GUI tool like this and force novice users to the command line for this basic information. This is yet another "Papercut" issue that make Linux look sub-standard when directly compared to Windows.
Created attachment 202262 [details] [review] Proposed patch The patch adds 32-bit or 64-bit to the distribution release label, based on the installed operating systems uname -m: if it ends with "64" (x86_64) then it shows 64-bit, if it ends with "86" (i386, i586, i686) it shows 32-bit, otherwise it doesn't show anything.
Created attachment 202263 [details] [review] Proposed patch v2 This patch does the same, but is simpler, and is based on the code from Gnome Control Center implementing the same thing.
Thanks. Committed to master.