Dapper on an AMD Opteron system

[Robor]

What would you recommend? I know the i386 version will run but I would assume the AMD64 version is better optimized for my CPU. Are there any drawbacks to running the AMD64 version though?

 

[Nothinman]

Yes, non-free 32-bit things like flash, w32codecs, etc won't work on a 64-bit system. It's possible to get them to work if you run a 32-bit browser, video player, etc but it's not exactly easy to setup right now AFAIK.

 

[n0cmonkey]

IMO, there is no reason to use regular x86 builds on AMD64 machines.

 

[xtknight]

Doesn't AMD64 stick all 64-bit libraries in /usr/lib64 and maintain backwards compatiblity by placing 32-bit ones in /usr/lib?

I use Opera x86_64, and whatever Flash I downloaded off macromedia.com for "Linux", works for me.

 

[Nothinman]

Doesn't AMD64 stick all 64-bit libraries in /usr/lib64 and maintain backwards compatiblity by placing 32-bit ones in /usr/lib?

Depends on the distribution, AFAIK they don't all handle it exactly the same.

I use Opera x86_64, and whatever Flash I downloaded off macromedia.com for "Linux", works for me.

If you're using a 64-bit Opera then you have to use a 64-bit flash, there's no question about that. Unless Adobe released a 64-bit version of the plugin or something I can't explain why it would work, none of my 64-bit systems have X on them.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

There's a 64 bit Opera? Link?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
There's a 64 bit Opera? Link?

Not yet.

 

[xtknight]

Er, my mistake. I was reading 'system' under About. I guess I do have 32-bit Opera.

 

[Robor]

This is my main desktop system and I'm planning to use it for general web browsing, Email, etc so I want the codec and browser support included. i386 it is then. Thanks for the replies! 🙂