RE: Going back to 32 bit from 64 bit

["markw-4" <user=5@nabble.blu.org>]

 > I'm quite happy with 64 bit fedora. 

I was very happy with my 64 bit system, but it got in the way of actual use. 

> 
> What firefox plugins are giving you the blues?  I don't use any non-free 
> plugins at the moment but have previously. 

Mainly sound and flash. 

> 
> Can't you just dump that data from your db and load it again in the 64 
> bit postgre? 

Of course, but then I could not build a DB on one system and move it to 
another, also I *had* a database built and I would have had to refresh my 
memory with HOWTOs to build 32 bit programs on a 64 bit system. 

(BIG databases!! the US street map and GPS coordinates) 



> 
> Wine sucks balls anyway, or at least it did last time I tried it. 

I don't use Wine for GUI apps, I only use it to compile Windows programs 
with the Microsoft compiler. 

> 
> - Eric C. 
> 
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> Subject: Going back to 32 bit from 64 bit 
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> Sadly, I moved back to 32 bit kubuntu. 
> 
> On 64 bit systems everything works fine as long as it is 64 bit or 
> self-contained 32 bit, but not all firefox plugins are 64 bit as of yet, 
> so you have to run the 32 bit version, but that doesn't work because 
> things like sound are implemented at the 64 bit level and the shared 
> libraries don't load. 
> 
> PostgreSQL compiled on a 64 bit machine will not read a database built 
> using a 32 bit build. 
> 
> Wine does not seem to work at all. 
> 
> Oh well, maybe next year. 
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