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Anand Buddhdev wrote: |
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> Hello fellow list members, |
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> I'm getting a new AMD64-based computer, and I'd like to run gentoo on |
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> it. I have been doing a bit of reading about running linux on AMD64, and |
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> it seems that in general, it's not a problem. 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? Or was there a lot of frustration |
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> involved. I've used linux and BSD systems for a long time, so I'm used |
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> to hacking, and I'm not afraid to mess around with scripts and |
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> compilers. But I've reached a point when I'd just like to be able to |
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> install a system, and have it work. 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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> 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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For most of what I have to do, 64-bit Gentoo works famously. Yes, the |
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multimedia codec thing is a problem which is very near and dear to my |
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heart (see my email address). The community is working hard on reverse |
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engineering major codecs in order to mitigate this problem. |
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-Mike Melanson |
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