Re: Help deciding whether to use the amd64 port

[Don Hayward <don@pomobuli.net>]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Martin Dickopp wrote:

> Dave Carrigan <dave@rudedog.org> writes:
>
> > I am going to be upgrading my Athlon XP workstation (running
> > Debian/unstable) to an Athlon 64 in the next week or so. I am trying to
> > decide whether to use the AMD64 port or to stick with the IA32 port.
> >
> > According to the FAQ at
> > https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html:
> > [...]
> >  - For workstations, some applications have problems - most notably
> >    mozilla and its derivatives, and Openoffice.org porting efforts have
> >    just begun. However, a growing number of people use this port on
> >    their desktop system, and are really happy with it.
> >
> > I occasionally use Java, I don't use Openoffice, and I regularly use
> > Firefox.
>
> Firefox itself runs without problems here, but I don't use proprietary
> plugins (e.g. Java or Flash), so I cannot comment on them.

I'm using firefox and the blackdown java re & pluggin.  Things seem to be OK.

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Don Hayward