On Friday 10 February 2006 01:35, Thierry de Coulon wrote: > > - 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,
well, it should. At least I have it installed. > but DVDRip would not start. Cinelerra didn't install > either, only kino worked - and MainActor is still 32 bit, if it works at wgich should all work with the 32 bit emul libs. > 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 no it does not ut2004 for example is available in a 64bit version. And even if not, it would work with the emul-libs. > > So I am thinking that a 32bit Gentoo is the way to go. I may switch to > 64bit later, when it really (?) brings something It does bring something today: 8 more registers. And for encoding stuff, it should make a difference. > > Does anyone have other arguments to justify the troubles of working with a > 64bit install at the moment? > there are no troubles? Only if you need flash and or the win32codec package, you have to install firefox-bin and mplayer-bin. And since it does not make sense to compile firefox, it does not hurt. -- [email protected] mailing list
