[vox-tech] Running 64 bit Ubuntu
What are people's expierence running 64-bit Ubuntu? brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Running 64 bit Ubuntu
Brian Lavender wrote: What are people's expierence running 64-bit Ubuntu? brian Great. Occasionally something won't be available in 64bit (Like Flash for a long time) and you either need to compile it yourself or run the 32bit version with forced architecture or via a 32bit chroot(I prefer option 2) It's really the only way to go if you have 4GB of ram or more, and it seems kinda silly to not keep up with the cutting edge. I will admit I did 32bit on my new laptop so I wouldn't have to do any work arounds, but that's only because my work machine is time critical. I plan to convert it in a year or two when I feel the time is right. I've been running my desktop on 64bit since Ubuntu 4.10. Alex ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Running 64 bit Ubuntu
Alex Mandel wrote: Brian Lavender wrote: What are people's expierence running 64-bit Ubuntu? brian Great. Occasionally something won't be available in 64bit (Like Flash for a long time) and you either need to compile it yourself or run the 32bit version with forced architecture or via a 32bit chroot(I prefer option 2) Just for another data point: I'm running a different distro in 64-bit (Arch) and the only issues I've hit are: * flashplayer (worked around with nspluginwrapper) * java plugin (worked around with openjdk/icedtea) * virtualbox ose won't build (worked around by using virtualbox non-free) It's really the only way to go if you have 4GB of ram or more, and it seems kinda silly to not keep up with the cutting edge. +1 DR ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] Running 64 bit Ubuntu
Troy Arnold wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 12:34:48PM -0700, Brian Lavender wrote: What are people's expierence running 64-bit Ubuntu? Crazy good. On Hardy I've barely had to think about it. The toughest thing for me was installing the Opera browser. Opera only provides 32bit debs, so I had to manually download a couple of i386 packages and copy the libraries into /lib32. Like a bad sysadmin, I did not keep good notes, although I'm sure someone on the Ubuntu forums has... -t There is an ia32 lib package just for this purpose. It's a key component to using the force architecture flag of dpkg. I happen to run Opera in a 32bit chroot which is easy to setup. http://cedegawiki.sweetleafstudios.com//index.php?title=Ubunturedirect=no#Building_a_clean_32bit_chroot_with_debbootstrap_on_AMD64 The only real issue I've ever run into that didn't have an easy fix was compiling some apps on 64bit. But it's only a matter of time before the applications are fixed up for 64bit. Non of these have been standard or every day type stuff, always way niche things. Alex ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
