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> 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf > Of [hidden email] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:34 AM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Going back to 32 bit from 64 bit > > 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. > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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