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On 12/8/2005, "Neil Bothwick" <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:30:10 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> I'm about to install gentoo on an athlon64. Is there enough 64 bit |
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>> software and other good reasons to use the 64 bit version? |
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>Almost everything has 64 bit versions, and those that don't, you can run |
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>as 32 bit. The main problem is proprietary plugins, so use firefox-bin to |
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>get the 32 bit compiled version, then you can install the plugins. 32 bit |
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>plugins won't work with a Firefox compiled for 64 bit. |
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But surely if you emerge firefox-bin on a amd64 system it will, by |
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default, install the 64 bit version of the application? |
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Or is there a magic trick to getting it to use 32 bit? |
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>Neil Bothwick |
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>Run with scissors. Remove mattress tags. Top post. Be a rebel. |
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