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From: Scott Tiret <stiret@oneredshoe.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] i386 vs amd64
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:54:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1129899295.31014.3.camel@alain.oneredshoe.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43583153.2070603@comcast.net>

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On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 20:07 -0400, Sean wrote:
> I have a dual opteron here and I am thinking of putting Gentoo on it. I 
> am trying to decide to go with either the amd64 or i386 version.
> So I am asking some Gentoo amd64 users, are you happy with the version 
> or would you have gained more with i386?
> Do most applications work on amd64 or are there some important ones missing?

I have been running an x86_64 (amd64) system for a few months now.  The
only thing I have been missing is a 64bit version of Macromedia
Shockwave plugin.  Apparently, there is no 64bit version for this
proprietary software.

Everything else is fine.  I have all I need on my desktop.  x86_64
version of Openoffice-bin (rc3) takes a long time to open, but is
promising.

Good luck,

-- 
Scott Tiret <stiret@oneredshoe.net>

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-10-21 12:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-21  0:07 [gentoo-user] i386 vs amd64 Sean
2005-10-21  0:19 ` Peter Gordon
2005-10-21  4:19 ` Bob Sanders
2005-10-22 20:58   ` Sean
2005-10-23  2:34     ` Justin Patrin
2005-10-21 12:54 ` Scott Tiret [this message]
2005-10-21 15:46   ` Neil Bothwick
2005-10-21 17:02   ` Rob
2005-10-21 19:37     ` Richard Fish
2005-10-21 20:49       ` [gentoo-user] i386 vs amd64/ forget my Python comparisons Rob

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