Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit firefox on 64 bit system

2017-03-06 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 1:55 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: >> Is it possible? >> > > Yes, the most straightforward way I know of is to use crossdev to > create an i[3456]86 GCC and compile it with the corresponding > cross-emerge executable. It will then

Re: [gentoo-user] 32 bit firefox on 64 bit system

2017-03-05 Thread R0b0t1
On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: > Is it possible? > Yes, the most straightforward way I know of is to use crossdev to create an i[3456]86 GCC and compile it with the corresponding cross-emerge executable. It will then install to /usr/$ARCH and you should be able to copy it to

[gentoo-user] 32 bit firefox on 64 bit system

2017-03-04 Thread Jorge Almeida
Is it possible? Background: some time ago I converted my atom 330 system (ASUS ION) to 64 bits. RAM is about 3.3GB, but usage never approaches the limit. My problem is that firefox went snail. chromium seems OK (I can't recall whether it was faster on 32 bits, but anyway the difference is small).