On Mon January 22 2007 06:33, Juergen Fiedler wrote: > I don't do anything that needs vast computing power - I mostly use > that machine for web browsing, email and the occasional movie, all of > which works quite nicely with the x86 kernel and libraries. Is there > any good reason to switch to an amd64 kernel and if so, would I be > setting myself up for major headaches?
I would stay with a 32bit kernel if your running the i386 distro, more of a gut feeling than a scientific fact.. :) You could install the -amd64 kernel and just experiment with it to see how it goes. Keep your current kernel also just in case it doesn't work the way you'd like it to. I run the amd64 distro myself and at this point the only thing I miss is the flash player. I just can't get flash working on this box but it doesn't bother me (much) so I just live without it. In the early days of the amd64 distro I missed OOo also but that is there in etch now and it works well in my experience. Multi-Media may not work as well on amd64 as it does on i386 but it works for everything I need so I'm happy. I can play mp3 and ogg files (as well as wma when I need to) so I'm happy. The differences between amd64 and i386 are few at this point. Adobe says they are working on a 64bit flash player so it will be there at some point, it seems to be slow coming but it is coming.. :) There is work on gnash also for flash support. I wouldn't be surprised if gnash came through before adobe but we'll have to wait and see. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]