Re: i386 or amd64?

[HXC]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 11:21:43PM +0200, HXC wrote: My advice: go for amd64. It meets for 99% my needs (the other 1% can easily be done with an chroot envirnoment) 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? In other words, what are people having to use a chroot i386 for? chroot is for Wine (crossover WineX), flash, adobe reader, Currently there are 18.000+ packages available for amd64 sid (according to synaptic). You can look here for further information: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages. Other good links are: How to set up an chroot: https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/amd64.jspx