On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:44 +0000, Michael T D Nelson wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 10:33 +0000, studio-64 wrote:
> >
> >>I would reccomend a duel boot system with a 32bit OS for the other
> >>stuff you'll need to do like OPen office, Flash ( websites get very
> >>tiring with a constant naggin from Firefox to install/update flash!)
> >>Plus you'll need to backup and burn DVD's.
> >
> > Why can't you run OpenOffice or burn DVDs on a 32 bit system?
>
> This puzzled me for a minute. I think you either misunderstand the
> previous post, or made a typo?
>
> I think he is saying that he has difficulty doing these things with 64
> bit software - and consequently is recommending a dual-boot set-up with
> a 32 bit O/S installed specifically for these tasks.
>
> It sounds to me as though he *can* do these things in 32 bit, but has
> difficulty in 64 bit.
Sorry, that was a typo.
What I meant was, you mean dvdrecord and OpenOffice have not even been
ported to 64 bit Linux yet?!?
If so it implies shockingly bad code. Most 32 bit C applications should
"Just Work" on a 64 bit system.
Lee
Received on Mon Dec 5 20:15:06 2005
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