On Thursday 23 February 2006 18:24, daniel wrote: > On Thursday 23 February 2006 07:54, Boris Fersing wrote: > > 2006/2/23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm going to install Gentoo on Athlon64-based workstation, > > > but I'm a little confused about hardware profiles and their > > > compatibility: > > > > > > If I select now amd64, will I be able later to install and > > > use x86 software, if there is no amd64 release (for example > > > precompiled game-binaries, or even some sources which are > > > only for x86, not amd64)? > > > > > > Or do I have to use x86 installation profile? > > > > Hi, > > > > just use the amd64 default profile (the mutilib one), then you'll be > > able to run 32bits softwares too ! > > Not entirely true. When I first got my amd64 box, I did just that and was > horribly disappointed. While most things worked, there were a number of > "show stoppers" so to speak: Konqueror couldn't play flash movies because > while Konqueror compiled just fine as 64-bit, flash is only available in > 32bit. If I wanted to see Flash, I had to use a binary version of Firefox. or opera. So all you have to do is to copy the url and open it in one of the 32bit browser, which are working fine. So your statement is not completly correct. Konqueror does not use 32bit plugins, that is true.
> Worse though was the fact that none of the win32codecs were available so I > couldn't watch any wmv, wma or other binary-only formats. yes you can. Install mplayer-bin. I prefer xine, but for the occasional wmv, mplayer-bin is enough. > > Sadly, if you want to be able to use stuff typically used for the Windows > world, you have to conform to that world's handicapps, which means making > do with 32bits for now. no, you don't have to. You just have to install two (!!) 32 bit apps. Opera for flash, mplayer-bin for win32codecs. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
