[LBo] 64 v. 32 bit.

[Lonnie Mullenix]

On Sat, 2007-05-12 at 17:04 +0100, Geoff Jones wrote:
> I recently acquired a 64 bit box for the first time. I have 32 + 64 bit Debian 
> testing installed on it. On the 64 version, I keep running into problems 
> finding 64 bit Apps - and also browser plugins ( like no JRE x64  ? ).
> 
> I have to decide which will be my "main" os.
> 
> I would like to hear other peoples experience of 64 bit architecture - 
> especially whether losing "convenience" is a good trade-off for "operational 
> improvement"? 
> 
> [ This is hardly new technology - why is software still so far behind? ]
> 
> Geoff.

I've been running an AMD64 processor with 64bit Gentoo for some time now
and have gotten along fairly well with it.  And, close as I can tell, I
am running the 64bit versions of FireFox, Opera and SeaMonkey.  However,
Gentoo offers a package called nsplugin which apparently adds the 32bit
plugins to the 64bit browsers.

Now, I am NOT 100% sure that this is how things work here, but I have
been Very happy since I discovered nsplugin.

Later,

Lonnie

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