On 12/16/12 11:00, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
I have been using i386 (-STABLE) for years now and was wondering if switching to amd64 finally makes sense (i.e. are enough ports working on it now [xfrce4, firefox, libreoffice, openjdk-6, tomcat, mysql, apache22, flash, cups, devel/aegis, devel/cook, devel/fhist, virtualbox-ose, nvidia-kmod are the minimal ones I need]) the main reason for asking is PAE seems to be broken now and virtualbox-ose refuses to let me install 64 bit OS's like Win 8.
I've been using amd64 since I built my current box in April 2008 (starting with 7.0-RELEASE) and have never had a problem. However, I avoid Flash like the plague it is. I recently installed an nVidia card and have no problems with the driver - the latest release dealt with the screen flash problem I had been having.
As far as I understand, PAE usage has always had the caveat that certain device drivers may not work with it, and I suspect PAE support is suffering bit rot.
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