Re: i386 or amd64?

[Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>]

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:30:08 +0200
Thomas Steffen <steffen.list.account@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/8/06, dtutty@porchlight.ca <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > Other than non-free stuff like flash and openoffice,
> > is there anything in the main section of i386 that isn't in the main
> > section of AMD64?
> 
> A few minor things are missing, such as memtest86, partimage, and of
> course wine. Also note that most java-packages come without the plugin
> in 64bit.
> 
> > In other words, what are people having to use a chroot i386 for?
> 
> Closed software such as acrobat reader, flash, skype, vmware, picasa,
> googleearth etc. Most can be installed without a change root, but that
> is a bit of a struggle.
> 
> Since you have only 1 GB of RAM, you can go with i386 without any
> obvious penalty. With amd64 you can get a little bit more performance,
> but you are also more likely to run into problems, such as the ones
> mentioned here.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 

FYI, the latest VMware runs on 64 bit  linux hosts.

-- 
Greg Madden