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> From looking over the online portage database it does appear that at |
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> least openoffice-bin 1.1.5 lists as available and 2.0 in testing for |
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> amd64, one of my main apps I use often, beside firefox and thunderbird. |
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2.0 has been released to ~amd64, I'm merging it as I type. |
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I haven't had any trouble with 1.1.x |
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I'm using the openoffice-bin package myself. |
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> I have several Loki game titles around, are they able to run on amd64 |
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> gentoo? |
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If you configure your kernel to support 32bit programs that should be no |
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problem at all. |
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I play Enemy Territory and Neverwinter Nights on my system. |
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Executable file formats / Emulations ---> |
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[*] IA32 Emulation |
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> So I am asking some Gentoo amd64 users, are you happy with the version |
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> or would you have gained more with i386? |
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> Do most applications work on amd64 or are there some important ones |
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> missing? |
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Other than macromedia flash I can't think of anything that would be "missing" |
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from amd64. |
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But I dislike flash so that's not an issue for me. |
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> I know above is a little broad, but I am just trying to get an idea of |
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> the state of amd64. I have been looking over the list for several days |
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> now, but not much traffic. |
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In the end it really depends on what you expect from your system. |
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The applications you mentioned above are all available and work as good as on |
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x86. |
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