On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:59:29 -0400 Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:29:35PM +0100, P?l Cs?nyi wrote: > >> 2007/10/31, Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> Semih Gokalp wrote: > >>>> Hi. > >>>> > >>>> Which debian dist should I install on core2duo 64 bit pcu? x86 or amd64 ? > >>> amd64. > >> amd64 is not only for the AMD processors? > >> > >> I have an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU6320 @ 1.86GHz > >> > >> Should I install too the amd64 Debian distribution on this system? > >> > > > > As long as you don't want to run one of the (couple of) third-party apps > > that need i396 in Etch without also putting in an i386 chroot. Note, > > that many 32-bit apps will actually run in amd64 with the 32-bit libs > > package. I don't know about acroread since I don't use it. Iceweasel > > 32-bit with flashplayer needed a chroot. A chroot isn't much to set up > > or maintain. > > It's not needed anymore at least in sid with flashplayer, in fact, > there's a package in debian-multimedia.org that makes all the work for > you, I mean, the configuration of the wrapper. > > Regards, > Jose Luis. The only think that didn't work either directly or the 32bit libraries for amd64 was skype that required downloading the static version and then I also needed to pull a library from another package, don't remember which one at the moment -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
