Re: Any reason not to run amd64 these days?
On Mon, 2014-02-03 at 23:12 +0100, Slavko wrote:
> Dňa Mon, 03 Feb 2014 16:47:04 -0500 Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>
> napísal:
>
> > Your arguments may be true for Debian, because of their program that
> > allows use of 32-bit software on a 64-bit system.
> > Other distros do not have that ability, and there are some good
>
> IMO, this is a Debian users list, no other distros list, then the
> arguments are at right point.
>
> BTW i am using amd64 for more than 6-7 years. At start there was some
> problems, due missing amd64 version of software or/and software, which
> i was not able to compile on amd64 due FTBS. But i don't remember these
> problems in last years - and i am using a lot of unofficial (in mean
> Debian's) SW.
Proprietary, closed source code software could be available for 64-bit
architecture only.
"The build is 64-bit only!" - http://www.tracktion.com/linux/
I guess sometimes 32-bit and sometimes 64-bit architecture could cause
issues, but most software and it's dependencies likely can be compiled
for both architectures. Assumed a distro shouldn't provide multiarch,
than on a 64-bit system a 32-bit chroot is possible, but I guess it's
not possible to run a 64-bit chroot on 32-bit architecture.
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