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More specifically: the problem lies in closed source 32-bit binaries... |
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But closed source is also a problem on 32-bit hardened systems. If you |
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have a choice what softwares you can use, 64bit is the way to go. |
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Personally try to make all my relatives to use open source alternatives. |
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Of course I'm an idiot from their point of view, but I can use Ekiga for |
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VOIP calls and I don't have to run a binary (Skype) with executable |
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stack... |
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Regards, |
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Dw. |
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dr Tóth Attila, Radiológus Szakorvos jelölt, 06-20-825-8057, 06-30-5962-962 |
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Attila Toth MD, Radiologist in Training, +36-20-825-8057, +36-30-5962-962 |
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On Sze, December 5, 2007 22:20, Alex Howells wrote: |
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> On 05/12/2007, Alex Efros <powerman@××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi! |
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>> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:39:04AM -0800, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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>> > I already made it 100% clear! You can not upgrade cleanly unless you |
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>> do |
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>> > a lot of work. far more work than any gentoo dev in his right mind |
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>> will |
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>> > tell you or suggest. In short. IT DOES NOT WORK! It's never worked. |
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>> The |
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>> > amd64 team does not support it. Hardened does not support it. |
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>> > So.. I'll state it yet again.. "Complete Reinstall" |
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>> Thanks! Looks like my decision to continue working in 32-bit mode even |
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>> on |
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>> modern processors save me from additional troubles. :) And good luck to |
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>> all people who choose to work in 64-bit mode! |
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> There's nothing wrong with 64-bit and I'd hasten to add that if you |
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> have a capable processor in a desktop or server, you'd be nuts not to |
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> take advantage of it with applications that're able - there are big |
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> performance gains to be had. |
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> It's really very simple, if you want to *ever* run a 32-bit |
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> application, you install with a multilib profile. |
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