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Thierry de Coulon wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> I have been a Linux user for over five years - mostly using SuSE first, then |
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> Debian based distributions, but from time to time "toying" with Gentoo. |
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> Now I'm in the process of building an Opteron based machine and decided it |
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> would be a good idea to build a Gentoo-amd64 distribution. |
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I think you'll find Gentoo runs quite well on amd64. |
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> I've googled quite a bit but I would still like to ask a few questions, such |
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> as: |
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> - are there special points I should pay attention to or can I simply follow |
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> the amd64 install instruction? |
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The Gentoo installation instructions are quite thorough, the gentoo guys |
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have done a fantastic job with them. I have a friend who is a complete |
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Linux newbie and she was able to build her amd64 distribution without a |
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lot of trouble. |
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> - As far as I understand there are still lots of programs that won't compile |
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> in 64 bit. What will happen if I try to emerge such a program? |
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> - it seems most of the multimedia codecs still are 32 bit. Can you use these |
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> on a 64 bit distro? |
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For those with only 32-bit programs available (Flash is the big one, |
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IMHO) there are special 32-bit binaries you can download and run without |
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compiling. |
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> - other 64 bit distributions (I've downloaded SuSE and Kubuntu) will allready |
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> have dealt with most compatibility problems. Should I learn more about 64 bit |
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> specificities before attempting to build a Gentoo-64 system? |
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I don't know of any real showstopper issues with the 64-bit version that |
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I have seen on my own Athlon 64 laptop, so I don't expect you to have |
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any major problems. I would say the biggest pain I've ever found with |
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any linux distro is video card drivers, especially the high performance |
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ones or newer ones. or maybe that's just me. Good luck and if you need |
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any help, I'll be glad to answer any questions. |
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> Thanks for any advice. |
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> Thierry |
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