-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Adam Wolfe Gordon wrote: > On 8/23/06, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Eeck! That's Windows thinking dude. I've been using a 64 bit distro. for >> a long time now with no problems. I'm not sure what hardware you're >> trying to use, but all the open source drivers work under 64 bit, and so >> do proprietary drivers like the ATI and Nvidia drivers. It will also run >> all the 64 and 32 bit packages. The only issue is running 64 bit >> software with 32 bit plugins. The workaround is to install 32 bit >> versions of software like Firefox and mplayer so that you can use the 32 >> bit plugins.
Just to be a semantic smart ass, does this not qualify as some problems, thereby making the statement "... no problems" inaccurate? :) > > Agreed. The only things I've found that don't work are Flash and > playing WMV files. Not having Flash is a _feature_, and I do have a > 32-bit version of Firefox that I use for the two or three sites where > I actually want to see Flash (Google Analytics, Google Video) WMVs > would work if I grabbed a 32-bit version of some movie player. > > The drivers and things all work great. > Once you step out of the mainstream this is not always the case. Unfortunately some of the audio apps I use have issues (stability or segfaulting, or other random issues) with the 64bit version, if there even are 64 bit versions available. Also, low latency kernels can be unforgiving of 3rd party binary drivers as well as exhibit weirdness with some hardware. Even with distros like 64studio, my *stable* working rig is currently a customized Kubuntu 32bit install. I am also not sure what moving to a 64 bit distro actually gets me other than a few more headaches, which I certainly don't need. I have not noticed any actual improvements between 32 and 64 bit versions (K/Ubuntu and 64studio are the only two I tried in 64). I do not consider the inability see flash and WMVs to be a "feature". Media on linux is enough of a PITA as it is. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE7V2TwRXgH3rKGfMRAg3VAJ9RW3bkV+QCdSgeUdJjgWxoHw5M3wCfd2zY ACW6LlYZSXqz6olElHLpdXM= =bpk2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
