mixed architectures

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    In Linux, flexibility is king. One area where this reigns true is in managing software packages across different architectures. Commonly, users encounter the need to manage 32-bit and 64-bit packages on a single system, especially when running applications that only support one architecture. Linux supports this with mixed-architecture configurations, but handling them efficiently requires proper setup and understanding of your package managers: APT (used by Debian and Ubuntu systems), DNF (Fedoras’s next-generation front-end for rpm), and Zypper (openSUSE’s package manager). 1. Understanding Architectures Before setting up mixed architectures on your systems, it's important to understand the concept.