Hello, I'm testing several distributions on my new dual-opteron. I did a gentoo-64 install - and managed to screw it up, but this was expected as I was testing. I have confirmed that I dislike (k)ubuntu for several reasons, either 64 or 32 bit. SuSE 64 hasn't impressed me either. I have managed to install Simply Mepis (32bit) and compile an Opteron kernel and it works well.
Now is time to re-install Gentoo, however after a lot of thinking I have come to the following conclusions (which may be wrong): - for what I'd like to do with video (ripping and converting DVDs and DV processing) 64 bit software is not ready: I did not check directly if transcode works, but DVDRip would not start. Cinelerra didn't install either, only kino worked - and MainActor is still 32 bit, if it works at all. - regarding audio, 64bit is not an issue. Ripping the CD allready took more time than converting to ogg on my dual Athlon. - standard desktop applications, as far as I am concerned, heavily rely on OpenOffice.org and that is still 32 bit - gaming also requires 32bit So I am thinking that a 32bit Gentoo is the way to go. I may switch to 64bit later, when it really (?) brings something Does anyone have other arguments to justify the troubles of working with a 64bit install at the moment? Thierry -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? Frank Zappa -- [email protected] mailing list
