From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PQV0y-0006So-HW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:09:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7085DE05A1 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 01:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f52.google.com (mail-gw0-f52.google.com [74.125.83.52]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 508EAE0778 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 00:26:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so1255184gwb.11 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:26:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=B9r6MEmJQybDWJKGK5WejywGxrHBiZmA1bEUyv11NbU=; b=nQKjwR+fO/EVsVTEcz4P2v/XT/2OkjDI6CgaAIy94Rw6/u+ILfHea9VLmbfeBi05pt bXDQi1Ui6xzv0ZolHO5IqpBoJfT/0BtgQ4UxrUlnIfHWGQfxb665opiROBn+ebJqVmlf 5qHZ4Ua73P8V8whbh3n7GYBnVfyA2Am3/FJxE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RtdkXiAilpqnt9cY/E3mRDP5/34erJlPqd+7mfz3Nj37YIPYQWrBgHKzKhzjNEyzca Cq2IQHJStAIoXoI6mvWUFYnH6hTUEg7YqD9oJtMygA4/4lhQUt49IIRw9/etlKqy0Fv6 NqEbkgY08Si+zqxuru6SiLS2RzlyBuv31iWfc= Received: by 10.100.95.1 with SMTP id s1mr6322485anb.243.1291854364623; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:26:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b26sm1226689anb.13.2010.12.08.16.26.01 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:26:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D002218.9060302@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:00 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <20101208180344.eefa3254.frank.peters@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20101208180344.eefa3254.frank.peters@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3148cdad-d29e-45d5-a8b5-5a25bd79167c X-Archives-Hash: 466f9d2014afa56023de98791878c01f Frank Peters wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:17:18 -0600 > Dale wrote: > > >> What are some things that I should watch for and enable that isn't so >> obvious for someone new to 64 bit? >> >> > The first thing to decide is whether or not you want a pure 64-bit > system or a 64-bit system that keeps 32-bit capability. > > I am a purist. I left 32-bit programs in the dust a long time ago. > But as a consequence there are some things that I will miss because > they are available in 32-bit packages only. An example would be > Acroread, the PDF viewer, from Adobe. Without Acroread, you will > only view pdf files through the 64-bit xpdf. The Intel C++ > compiler is another example. In fact, most commercial software > that bothers to release a Linux version will do so in 32-bit > format only. > > So if you need to make use of those offerings, you'll need > to keep 32-bit compatibility. > > My own view is that these software developers are way behind > the times and should have long ago made their products in > a 64-bit form. It's not that difficult to do. > > Whatever the choice, pure 64-bit or 64/32, Gentoo makes it > easy. > > Frank Peters > > > Now I have a question. How do I tell Gentoo to make it pure 64 or a mix of 32 and 64? I have read about this but I don't think I have actually seen where it is set. Is it a profile selection, USE flag or something else? If I decide on one then want to switch to the other, does that require a reinstall or just a change in settings and a recompile of world? Since I use KDE, I always use Okular to view pdf files. I assume KDE is 64 bit ready. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)