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On Sunday 23 April 2006 17:56, Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: |
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> Hi folks on list. I don't know if I am the only one on the list having |
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> dificult with gentoo amd64 stability. Most of the internet and graphic |
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> world is beyond my command, like firefox and java ( always crash |
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> firefox ) or flash player, or mplayer ...... |
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firefox&flash: |
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use firefox-bin or opera and flash works |
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mplayer: |
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mplayer-bin and mplayer'ing wmv files will work |
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java: java just works. |
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I don't see your problems |
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> I had 3 boxes running gentoo on a x86 platform without any problem, |
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> but 64 platform it really frustated me, its fast but most programs are |
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> masked. a lot of the programs I use won run unless you install a 32 |
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> bit binary ( so what the point of using gentoo .... ) |
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there is one app I am using more or les often, mplayer. |
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I usually don't visit flash sites and use konqueror, so I am not bothered by |
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the fact that firefox is 'binary. Btw, I don't want any of the mozilla |
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sources on my system, so I am missing nothing. |
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.... |
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but when you are whining about three binary packages, I do not understand why |
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you want to switch to a binary distribution - but if you switch, keep away |
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from fedora core, and try suse or simplemepis. |
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