On 9/12/05, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's already ok to use the AMD64 port of any distro. Just take into > mind some gotchas: > * Some programs are NOT 64-bit clean. Notably OpenOffice.org and the > ALSA drivers > * There are some proprietary programs that DO NOT have AMD64 ports. An > example would include the Flash plugin for web browsers.
Now I know. I installed FC5 on an EM64T Pentium4 just to try it out, and now I'm hit by the lack of Flash. I guess this is best for servers. I have yet to see if the 64-bit Java Virtual Machine is an improvement. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
