Hi Amos, You are right. Yesterday I reinstalled the 32bit version. The 64-bit compilation didn't work well and I had to waste my time to make SIMPLE things work... so I just decided to move back to 32-bit compilation. Anyway, it was a good experience.
Thanks On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 1:44 AM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/5 Boaz Rymland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Usually you'll come quite quickly on a need for the 32bit libraries, be > it > > for (I'm not sure I'm correct or updated with all my examples) Flash > plug-in > > for your browser (or other browser issues, like firebug extension, > although > > I think in FF3 this is solved), Sun Java JRE and some other propriety or > > closed source applications/libraries (perhaps skype client as well, for > > sound device usage, not sure). > > > > In any case, I don't think there's any harm from installing those > libraries > > so I guess that either way is safe and ok to go. > > My personal experience is that 64 bit (7.10 and 8.04) on Desktop > wasn't worth the hassle if you want to use proprietary software - > Flash never worked well (non-Adobe aren't there yet) and other > proprietary software (Picasa, possibly Google Earth but this week I > noticed that they have 64-bit version for that) also was a hassle to > install and then didn't work (don't remember details). I since > switched to 32-bit and forgot all about it. > > Back when I had 64 bit, I followed all sorts of how-to's on getting > things working with it and it never was right (e.g. Flash never > worked). > > Now with 32 bit on my desktop and laptop, I don't see any > disadvantages (it doesn't feel any slower and it can make use of the > 2Gb RAM I have). > > I don't use my desktops for C/C++ development. I do most of my dev in > Perl now and use (64bit) CentOS servers for production deployment. > Your requirements may vary. > > --Amos > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Thanks, Eran
