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[David Clayton <531762@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"System settings now has a "System Info" icon, which shows the 64-bit in
the OS type field of the overview.

Fixed if you ask me, this bug can be closed"

Quite the opposite, in fact. If the code already exists to show this
missing data then it should be trivial to patch this package and
actually fix it properly.

It is a very poor excuse to tell people to assemble the information that
they may need from multiple sources because of essentially trivial
deficiencies in one source.

The "System info" doesn't even tell you the kernel or Gnome versions
that are running, both important items when a novice user is asked to
provide info about their system when asking for help, so that cannot be
considered as any replacement for the more information provided by the
System Monitor package.

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Title:
  System monitor System tab should show architecture (32/64bit)

Status in The GNOME System Monitor:
  New
Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor

  After installing Ubuntu, 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.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar  4 08:19:28 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20091209)
  Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.28.0-1ubuntu2
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
  SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64

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