michael@piziak.com

Yes, the gear symbol. I also notice this gear symbol when I'm trying to go up a level. Is the gear symbol simply "time."

Thanks for your reply. This explains a lot, because I can use system monitor to see how my 2 processor chips are working, and when I play 0 A.D. it's like one chip is working 100% and the other chip is barely working (like 4%). A 64 bit version, or atleast one that would force the system to use both chips, would significantly help those of us that have older systems - like myself.

Version v0~r11339 found in the Ubuntu Software Center

Please see my post below on an Ubuntu forum and then answer here. No one there seems to reply to this. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2254905

Here's the scenario. I installed Ubuntu 64 bit on my sisters Quad (4) Intel computer with 4 gigs of ram. It runs 0 A.D. perfectly. When I look at System Monitor, all 4 of her processor chips are working together while the game is running. My computer at home has Ubuntu 32 bit installed on an Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs of ram. When I run 0 A.D. on it, the mouse cursor is choppy, making the game unplayable to me. When I look at System Monitor, one of my two processors if working near 100% while the second processor is running at around 5% while 0 A.D. is running. Interesting enough, all other emulation games I play, both of my processor chips are sharing the work. I am considering upgrading to a 64 bit of Ubuntu Linux if those here think that would help me run 0 A.D. smoothly. There is debate in the Linux community on whether or not 64 bit installations really help at this point. Perhaps it would help with 0 A.D. ? Please reply and comment.