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#244104 - 16/12/2004 16:31
Re: Debian AMD-64
[Re: rob]
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Quote: Has anyone got any experience with the Debian AMD-64 project? Basically I'm wondering if it's worth trying to install, or just stick with 32 bit for now.
Can't comment on Debian, but I'm using Fedora Core 2 x86_64. Before that, I used Fedora Core 2 i386 on the same hardware. I had to do a full install, because there's no upgrade path from i386 to x86_64.
The biggest drawbacks I am experiencing is the lack of a Mozilla plugin for Sun Java and the lack of a 64-bit Flash plugin. It's amazing how many websites are totally useless if you don't support Flash.
Everything open source works fine. Oggenc is spectacularly faster when compiled for x86_64.
Quote: Will a 64 bit kernel work with a 32 bit distribution?
I would assume you need at least some tools that are 64-bit aware. You can compile a 32-bit kernel that is optimised for the Athlon 64, though. And you can run 32-bit code on a 64-bit distribution, provided you have all the needed 32-bit libraries as well. In fact, OpenOffice is distributed as a 32-bit application in 64-bit distibutions.
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