Re: i386 or amd64?
On 01/02/07 12:02:37PM -0600, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> Greg,
>
> On Monday 01 January 2007 18:25, Greg Madden wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Which VMware? Just this past Saturday I downloaded & tried to install
> Workstation 5.5.5-29772 and the install failed with a list of missing
> libraries (32-bit, I presume, although I haven't had time to investigate).
I don't know about VMWare Workstation, but I know Server works although
the UI is 32-bit so you need at least ia32-libs installed.
Jim.
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