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Am 09.12.2010 06:29, schrieb Dale: |
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> Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski wrote: |
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>> Frank Peters wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:17:18 -0600 |
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>> Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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>> What are some things that I should watch for and enable |
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>> that isn't so |
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>> obvious for someone new to 64 bit? |
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>> The first thing to decide is whether or not you want a pure 64-bit |
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>> system or a 64-bit system that keeps 32-bit capability. |
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>> I am a purist. I left 32-bit programs in the dust a long time |
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>> ago. |
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>> But as a consequence there are some things that I will miss |
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>> because |
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>> they are available in 32-bit packages only. An example would be |
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>> Acroread, the PDF viewer, from Adobe. Without Acroread, you will |
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>> only view pdf files through the 64-bit xpdf. The Intel C++ |
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>> compiler is another example. In fact, most commercial software |
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>> that bothers to release a Linux version will do so in 32-bit |
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>> format only. |
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>> You can set it in KERNEL by disabling 32 bit application support and |
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>> recompiling GLIBC and GCC without MULTILIB ;). Try also running 32 bit |
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>> app. System is not slower or anything else wrong happens. If You drop |
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>> 32-bit support You cannot use WINE and load PE32 apps (aka Win32). |
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> I don't use Wine. I have never heard of PE32 so I don't guess I have a |
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> need for it either. lol It sounds like I should go pure 64 bit. |
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> Anyone disagree with that? Someone mentioned pdf files but I can use |
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> KDE's program for that as I do now. I can use OOo as a backup too. |
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Didn't you post on gentoo-user that you watch youtube videos? Well, the |
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currently stable version of adobe-flash (10.1.102.64) is 32bit-only. |
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That will change again with the next higher version in the tree but the |
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switch to 32bit can happen again when Adobe decides once again that it |
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doesn't need to fix its security bugs for amd64. |
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You might also want to think about pre-compiled OSS applications in |
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portage (`eix -- -bin`). Not all of them come in pure 64bit flavor. |
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AFAIK there are only two reasons to avoid a multilib setup: |
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1. Disk space (~230MB on my system) |
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2. Compile time on packages that support multilib. |
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I don't think either of these will be an issue for your new system ;) |
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IMHO the increased flexibility is well worth the effort. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Florian Philipp |