One of the more irritating aspects of running a 64-bit distribution is that there are still a large number of applications that are not compiled as native 64-bit binaries. This leads to dependence on 32-bit libraries, and managing these 32-bit dependencies can be a nightmare. There is no shortage of users who have introduced more problems than they have solved by forcing the installation of 32-bit libraries.

Cappy has released a handy script to detect and install libraries and other dependencies for 32-bit applications on 64-bit Ubuntu GNU/Linux. Handy things it can do include fetching missing libraries either by name, and figuring out which ones are needed when presented with a given binary.

Note: This script makes use of the Debian package management system, and is unlikely to function properly on distributions that are not Debian-based.

Ignoring the dangers implicit with censorship, this guide should provide a simple way to filter what some may consider 'objectionable' content from the vast pit of corruption that is the web (this is not meant as a negative thing, mind you. Just a simple observation).

The configuration outlined here may also have the added benefit of caching web requests, which can provide not-insignificant performance gains for many home users, most often in the case of frequent accesses to the same site (such as Facebook, which seems to be popular at the time of this writing).