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On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> the system configs are normal too.... the only thing that i can advise you |
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> to do is try the mozilla-firefox instead of mozilla-firefox-bin. don't |
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> uninstall the bin since it can coexhist with the non bin package.... try |
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> that (some hours of compilation) and see what it does. |
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Humm....mozilla-firefox hasn't been much of an option for me in the |
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past. Too many problems with web-based media not playing without all |
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the wincodecs stuff. Maybe this has improved? I've used firefox-bin |
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really to get Flash, Java and wincodecs. I don't care which one I use. |
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I just want a good user experience when I'm browsing around and run |
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into something interesting. |
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I really only run the AMD64 version of Gentoo because a few years ago |
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when I bought this system it seemed like an interesting thing to try |
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out and at the time I had a Linux laptop running 32-bit Gentoo in case |
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I ran into problems. Then a guy on the web found me and wanted to buy |
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my 2 year old laptop for more than I paid for it (he wanted a backup |
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machine) so I sold it and no longer have that backup. |
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As an everyday, normal desktop user-type I really don't know that |
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running 64bit Gentoo offers me any advantages and has shown to have |
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significant disadvantages, at least the way I build the comparison |
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list. I wonder in what usage model do people here see a measurable |
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advantage running 64-bit over 32-bit Gentoo? |
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I've stuck with it for a long time, and I hate to give up, but maybe |
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it's time to just pack it in and rebuild the machine. |
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I'll keep poking around at this. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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