On Wed July 27 2005 01:13 pm, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to > ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a > desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over > using sarge i386 + amd64 kernel?
Yes, it is as stable as i386 (from my experience). There are a few packages missing (like cdrdao) that won't build on the x86_64 platform (yet), the devs are working on it. Since I need cdrdao I scooped an x86_64 rpm from rpmfind.net and used alien to create a deb to install it. The debian/amd64/ports page says that the i386 port of debian does have a minamalistic support for amd64 whereas the amd64 port has complete 64bit userspace. Have a look at http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/, you'll get better info there than I can give you. If your using OpenOffice there is no native 64 bit version available yet, but I read on the amd64 list this morning that someone has the 32 bit version working. I'll need to give that a try. I still need to get some multimedia setup, like RA/RAM/MOV support but haven't had a chance to look into it further. By and large though, the 64 bit port seems to me to be good and stable. Just my $0.02. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
