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Re: Any reason not to run amd64 these days?



2014-02-06 8:42 GMT+01:00 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz>:
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 11:20:12AM +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote:
> 2014-02-05 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>:
>
> > On Du, 02 feb 14, 13:58:54, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > What about running 32 bit windows and apps in wine or VMWare?
> >
> > I've had issues with *sid* amd64 and skype. Would apreciate comments on
> > this from others as I plan to test a cross-grade Real Soon Now (tm).
> >
>
> jessie amd64 here, no issues with skype though I must use a loopback device
> (alsa+jack bridge) for audio to work correctly.

That seems like an issue to me.

Not a big deal, I am used to run jack in the background because of other audio apps (eg. ardour+hydrogen).
BTW I saw there's no need anymore for that as skype is actually alsa compliant.

/r


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