Re: Advice in switching from Mandriva 64 to Debian 64

[Thomas Steffen <steffen.list.account@gmail.com>]

On 10/20/05, Jean-Jacques de Jong <jean-jacques.de-jong@gadz.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am planning to switch to Debian from Mandriva. I have an AMD64 and I
> would like to exploit the 64 bits for those programs that really need it
> (video editing/transcoding, photo editing), and still run Firefox with
> Flash, OpenOffice, and Wine (CodeWeavers and Cedega).
>
> The issue is that the 32 bit applications need to be run by the rest of
> the family, and I fear a chroot environment would be too complex for
> them (they just want to click on an icon and it must work).

Then I would start with a 32bit system, and set up a 64bit chroot.

The chroot is easy enough to set up, but it is difficult to get it
exactly right, and to integrate it into the desktop. As long as you
are the only one using the chroot, things should go a lot smoother.

Thomas