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On Sunday 26 March 2006 20:27, Jim wrote: |
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> * on the Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 07:50:46PM +0200, Hemmann, Volker Armin said: |
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> > On Sunday 26 March 2006 17:33, JimD wrote: |
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> > > Has anyone noticed any real benefit from running their gentoo in 64-bit |
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> > > vs doing everything 64-bit? |
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> > > I am trying to decide if I should put the time into setting up a 32-bit |
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> > > environment or and stay with 64-bit or if I should just rebuild my |
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> > > system at 32-bit. |
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> > > I am running with 2GB which should be fine for 32-bit. I don't have |
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> > > any specific needs for 64-bit. |
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> > > Would I notice any big slow down from doing everything 32-bit on |
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> > > amd64? I am wondering if I should just go rebuild 32-bit and retry |
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> > > 64-bit in 6-12 months. |
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> > in 6-12 month the situation will not be different than now. |
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> > So you can go 64 bit now. For flash and wmv files install firefox-bin and |
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> > mplayer-bin and you are covered. Waiting is just a waste of time - |
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> > install now and reinstall in 6 month.. why? That is one superflous |
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> > installation you do not need to do. |
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> I started to setup a 32-bit chroot. However I noticed that emerge wants |
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> to merge almost a full system. It seems silly for me to have to |
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> maintain a complete 32-bit gentoo and a complete 64-bit gentoo. I don't |
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> use any programs that *need* 64-bit. |
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ok, I never setup a 32bit chroot and never need it ;) |
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