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
