I checked for the libc version on my Ubuntu 64bit
12.10
machine by issuing the command ldd --version
.
I saw that Ubuntu uses eglibc
instead of glibc
. As egiblc
is for embedded machines, Is there a specific reason why Ubuntu uses it instead of the standard glibc.
Best Answer
Ubuntu is based on debian. This is an abridgment of Wikipedia:
These are the reasons (form Debian is switching to EGLIBC):