Re: ia64 and i386

[Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace@gmail.com>]

> On Tue, 24 May 2011 17:26:36 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > Actually I never understood why people would want to install i386 when
> > amd64 is possible. Since from amd64 you can still run x86 code ... but
> > not the other way around. Is there a drawback when installing an amd64
> > kernel ?
> Ha! :-)
>
> There are no Thunderbird binaries for the released version packaged for
> 64 bits OSes and some people (e.g., me) do not like messing/bloating
> their systems with 32-bits compat libraries.
>
> And Thunderbird is the first package it came up to my mind without
> struggling my brain, there still has to be many others...
>
> Greetings,
Adobe flashplayer comes to mind as well. While there is a 64 bit player, 
I've found that the 32bit one plays without any hiccups that the 64bit 
one seems to have (No need to have flash is evil debates here. Some of 
us wants to watch youtube and other flash sites).

Mihira.