32-bit x86 distributions are built for i386, i486 or i586. All of which do not have all the instructions available in your processor. On a 32-bit distribution, essentially everything is built for ancient processors in the name of compatibility, and it doesn't use your processor effectively.
That's simply not true. A lot of 32-bit distro are build for minimal i586 or even i686. E.g. Ubuntu is build for i686 starting with release 10.10.
That's probably because Wine on 64-bit Linux is still 32-bit.
Unity wants me to change my workflow, lack(s|ed) basic configuration, has the "unified menu" (really hate those) and a whole slew of other problems that I never found because when I realized it wouldn't let me launch more than one instance of an application (a terminal, for example) without performing some ritual (I never found out how) I restored from backup as quickly as I could.
I'm not defending this Unity quirk, but with a quick google you could have found out that by middle-clicking on an application in the sidebar would have launched another instance of that application.
I'm glad to see someone mention OpenBSD. If security is the main driving factor, it would seem that a combination of OpenBSD and Capsicum would put together the most secure configuration that one can come up w/. (OpenVMS is dead, so no point talking about it - unless one happens to still have some fully operational AlphaServers in their offices.)
Maybe not on AlphaServers but on some shiny new Itanium bladeservers. In some organisations OpenVMS is far from dead. Although, it's probably the last stage before porting the applications to Linux.
On 10.10 do:
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental
Log out, log in and enable desktop effects. I'm using it now. Compiz is no problem. Even Nexuiz runs ok although a bit slow
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