Hi I was thinking of getting a 64bit AMD desktop. But how does general 32 application to on the 64 bit platform? I hear there are problems. Any light on this would be appreciated.
Regards Chayan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anirban Biswas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:45 AM Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Which Distro supports AMD 64? > Hi > > I already Install SuSe 9.2 64 bit on my AMD 64 3200 Athlon > processor based laptop & it is working fine. I some time face problem > compilling some apps & since there is no 64 bit flash & java plug ins > for 64 bit Fire fox I am unable to use them. So I have keep a 32 bit > verision of Fire fox. > > > Anirban > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:42:12 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:41:22 +0530, Chayan Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Try Suse 64bit Personal Edition. It should be good. > > > > > > Chayan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Sharninder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 5:53 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] Which Distro supports AMD 64? > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to get a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. I was > > > > > wondering whether > > > > > getting an AMD64 makes better sense at the moment. > > > > > Would it be more > > > > > future proof? What would you guys be buying if you > > > > > had to get a new > > > > > computer at this moment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > It does make sense to go in for an AMD64 based system > > > > right now but on the windows world, you won't find > > > > many software optimised to work with the larger 64 bit > > > > bus as yet. On the linux side, though, you should'nt > > > > have any major problems :) > > > > I know for sure that Debian supports AMD 64. There was > > > > talk of a slackware port also (slack64 ??) but I dont > > > > think it is out yet or its not supported by patrick > > > > yet. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Sharninder > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! > > > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > > > HI Guys > > > > Bought an AMD64 2800 with an MSI Neo Platinum. Will keep you posted on > > the progress of installating a 64 bit distro. > > > > Thanks for all th suggestions. > > Regards > > Sudeep > > -- > > .~. Sudeep Mukherjee > > /V\ > > // \\ > > /( )\ > > ^`~'^ Registered Linux user # 255384 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > -- > If Bill Gates is the Devil then Linus Torvalds must be the Messiah. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
