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> Hello fellow list members, |
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> The main issues seem to be |
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> with firefox 32-bit plugins, and win32 codecs for use with mplayer. My |
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> reading seems to suggest that if I stick to firefox-bin and mplayer32, |
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> then I should be fine. However, I'd like to hear from people who're |
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> already using gentoo on amd64, and what their experience is. Is it |
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> simple to get these apps to work? |
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You could go with the bins. However, being lazy, I just switch to Opera |
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when I need to deal with Flash. Realplayer...well, realplayer alwaays |
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found some way to break more than work for me. |
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Also, downloading the WinXX file and playing with Xine or GMplayer using |
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the win32codecs works in a lot of cases. Not all. |
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> Fedora Core almost allows that, |
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> except that I'm a bit fed up of the multiple repository problems, and no |
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> proper way of picking and choosing what exactly I want. I could |
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> recompile some of the packages from SRPMS, and specify my choices. But I |
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> reckoned that if recompiling was the way to go, then I'd give gentoo a try. |
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Don't count on SRPMS actually producing a working package on your system. |
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They compile great in the dedicated build environment, most times. But |
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on the average system, something will go wrong. A clean chroot environment |
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and a complete set of packages will be needed - essentially, a duplicate |
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of the typical build environment. |
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> One of the choices I'm facing is whether to install gentoo 64-bit, or |
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> 32-bit. Installing 32-bit on the AMD64 would make life easy, but kind of |
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> defeats the purpose of having a 64-bit processor. Hence my request for |
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> opinions. Should I go 64-bit, or stay in the 32-bit world for now? |
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Just go with 64bit. Sure you'll have some problems. Most issues with |
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32-bit games remain. Multimedia works well - haven't played with Realplayer |
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in awhile, but most quicktime seems to work, as does firewire and usb audio. |
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DVDs and SVCDs all play, firewire deck control and video capture work. |
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Ogg work fine. No problems with audio - Alsa works. OpenAL works |
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for Ut2004. |
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Bob |
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