Hi, On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, John Williams wrote: > Derek Smithies wrote: > > > > Well yes, but you are missing the real problem. > > The big big big problem with 64bit is application support. > > > > a)ATI and Nvidia card support is more problematic. > > b)Many of the apps on sourceforge etc are tested on 32 bit machines. > > when building on 64 bit machines, the library paths etc are wrong. It > > don't work. Which is often an autotool issue. (There is a rant coming > > on the woes/deficiencies of autotools, but I will suppress that). > > c)the latest linux flash plugin is available for 32 bit machines only. > > > Yum info nspluginwrapper > Adobe flashplayer works in 64 bit Fedora with the wrapper > There's a wrapper for JRE too
yeup - which verifies my original point, > > a)ATI and Nvidia card support is more problematic. "Doable, but it is a pain". The model I have of software, particularly commercial software, is that I *grab the CD/url/whatever, *install in computer, hit install, *accept whatever conditions, *make ; make install and it just works. This is the standard set by the windows/mac community. Agreed, not always achieved, But this is the standard to strive for. With 32 bit cpus, the standard happens more often. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
