[nzlug] 64 bit distros

[Robin Sheat]

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 12:32, Dirk Pilat wrote:
> with the motherboard of my gaming machine in the shed being ruined in a
> rather embarassing fashion, I now have a new Mobo (a rather weird 754/939
That sounds like a story :)

> Can I just ask the collective hive brain of this mailinglist whether any
> of you had any problems with the 64-bit distros out there? I know that
> there is a Firefox/Flash issue that has been around, but apart from that,
> any problems???
I run 64-bit and have very few problems with it. Flash works (in a 64-bit 
browser even), and I've encountered only one or two open-source programs that 
won't, usually because of incredibly strange design decisions. Proprietary 
software sometimes has issues, but that's not a biggie.

Robin.