Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Drake Donahue <donahue95@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64: with or with out 32bit?
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:28:22
Message-Id: 005901c664c9$4c0f40f0$0200a8c0@donahues.us
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64: with or with out 32bit? by Christopher E
1 as best i can tell the 32 bit costs nothing and adds something (and mutilib
2 is the default)
3 objective of up and working is best, most anything can be changed easily as
4 you learn the system
5
6 ----- Original Message -----
7 From: "Christopher E" <sensory.access@×××××.com>
8 To: <gentoo-amd64@l.g.o>
9 Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:17 PM
10 Subject: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64: with or with out 32bit?
11
12
13 > Hello everyone!
14 >
15 > Here is a question that I would like to know about, based on the email
16 > I sent out earler with my setup and what I want to do would it be a
17 > bad thing or a good thing to not have 32bit support in my linux? See
18 > below for what my systerm is and what I would like to do with it
19 >
20 > Sincerely,
21 > Christopher
22 >
23 > So you know this is not for a for-profit and it for a
24 > non-profit project that I am working on and when done will be turned
25 > over to the non-profit, I will eithe give this computer to them or
26 > build another one but for now and the next 6 months or longer this
27 > computer is what is going to be used for building and testing the apps
28 > that are being built.
29 >
30 > Here is my system hardware information:
31 >
32 > Motherboard: Asus K8V Deluxe
33 > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=14&l3=67&model=234&modelmenu=1
34 >
35 > Video Card: ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Series
36 > http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9800/aiw9800pro/index.html
37 >
38 > Harddrive: WD Caviar SE SATA 120 GB, 7200 RPM, 8 MB Cache WD1200JS
39 > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=138
40 >
41 > Harddrive: WD ATA 6 GB
42 >
43 > CD Drive: Sony CD-RW CRX320EE
44 > http://b2b.sony.com/Solutions/subcategory/storage/oem-optical/Combo
45 >
46 > Sound Card: Built in to MB
47 > LAN Nic Card: Built in to MB
48 >
49 > CPU Chip: AMD Athlon +3000
50 > http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9485_9487,00.html?redir=CPAT01
51 >
52 > WAN NIC Card: Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter wth SpeedBooster
53 > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826820&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
54 >
55 > Router: Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster
56 > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1139845136473&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
57 >
58 > Cable Modem
59 > AT&T Callvantage Linksys for Voip
60 >
61 > I don't know what is good to have or not so I listed it all.
62 >
63 > Here is what I want to be able to do with this setup:
64 >
65 > I want to be able to run a webserver that will do:
66 > 1. Run a site that is going to be a mini search engin to start
67 > that is going to be human ran not spider
68 > 2. in the near future it will add the groups / mailing list
69 > 3. be able to have chat rooms that are only relying on the server
70 > and NOT the client or browers
71 > 4. be able to host other website off this system
72 >
73 > The programs that I want to use are PHP, and MySQL and Apache
74 >
75 > I also want to be able to run a number of GUI so I am able to see
76 > which one I like to use as I will also need to run a office app to do
77 > work, and surf the net etc
78 >
79 > I will want to be able to watch TV and record if I choice to do so
80 >
81 > I want to make this as sercue as it can be.
82 >
83 > I also want this to be a muility boot as I have windows on a sec sata
84 > drive
85 >
86 > IF any one is willing to help me with this I would be greatly thrilled
87 > as I have been working on this now for a week and have not got any
88 > where. I do have a nice guy that is helping me with this but he has
89 > very limited know how when it comes to AMD setups and the issue I am
90 > runing in to know.
91 >
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