> From looking over the online portage database it does appear that at
> least openoffice-bin 1.1.5 lists as available and 2.0 in testing for
> amd64, one of my main apps I use often, beside firefox and thunderbird.
2.0 has been released to ~amd64, I'm merging it as I type.
I haven't had any trouble with 1.1.x
I'm using the openoffice-bin package myself.
> I have several Loki game titles around, are they able to run on amd64
> gentoo?
If you configure your kernel to support 32bit programs that should be no
problem at all.
I play Enemy Territory and Neverwinter Nights on my system.
Executable file formats / Emulations --->
[*] IA32 Emulation
> 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?
Other than macromedia flash I can't think of anything that would be "missing"
from amd64.
But I dislike flash so that's not an issue for me.
> I know above is a little broad, but I am just trying to get an idea of
> the state of amd64. I have been looking over the list for several days
> now, but not much traffic.
In the end it really depends on what you expect from your system.
The applications you mentioned above are all available and work as good as on
x86.
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