On Thu, 27 Jun 2013, Frank McCormick wrote: > I am running 32 bit Sid and am thinking about a new computer which > has a 64 bit Intel CPU. How much of a hassle will it be switching > my installation over ? I know there are some problems with Flash but > what about the kernel and so forth- I am not a newby but this is the > first time I've considered a a major change. > > Thanks for any advice.
Don't "switch" anything over. Do a clean 64-bit install on the new machine. Your life will be so much easier. Once you're set up and configured, copy over the contents of your 32-bit home directory to the 64-bit one. Done. As far as Flash, I use the Chrome browser which comes with its own version, 32-bit for 32-bit systems or 64-bit for 64-bit ones. It's much better than Adobe's. One thing though: if you have both Adobe Flash and Chrome's on your system, go into Chrome's plugins (in the URL gadget, type chrome://plugins), and Disable Adobe's, so you're only using Chrome's version. They can cause problems if both are running at the same time in Chrome. B PS Don't do anything to the old machine. Network it and use it for backups. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
