On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:15:09PM +0300, Catalin Trifu wrote:
>     I am planning to buy a new machine and lately I was thinking about
> a AMD64 X2 4800+ 2GB RAM.
>     Is it worth to install 64bit linux or should I go for 32. As I have read
> there are issues with video stuff, flash player.
>     This machine is for work and entertainment. I don't like the idea of a
> 32bit chroot if it's too much of a hassle to set it up.

The default amd64 profile includes multilib, so there are no worries
about 32 bit compatibility.  I run no multilibs on my machine and the
only difference I've noticed is that those annoying flash ads don't
work. (-:


Justin
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