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From: Jan Seeger <jan.seeger@×××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:37:34
Message-Id: 20080206093719.GA28670@venus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64 by Volker Armin Hemmann
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4 On Wed, 06. Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann spammed my inbox with
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6 > not needed anymore either. flash does work in the 'normal' firefox just fine.
7 Come again? I would be very glad to finally ditch the binary firefox, but using nspluginwrapper
8 didn't work. You can use netscape-flash with a 64-bit-compiled firefox? Please tell me how.
9 > > compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I should see some speed
10 > > increase but probably only in certain areas such as compiling.
11 Probably negeclable...
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13 > > So, for those users who have used both, is it worth it overall?
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15 Yeah, actually running 64 bits is pretty easy, you only need to be willing to unmask some packages
16 sometimes and/or scrounge around bugzilla for working ebuilds (yes, ghdl, I'm looking at you!)
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Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64 Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>