From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 21 01:08:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797F116A474 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:08:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wanderingidea@casema.nl) Received: from mta-fe.casema.nl (cas-mta4-fe.casema.nl [83.80.1.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF00943D55 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:08:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wanderingidea@casema.nl) Received: from bsdbox.cable.casema.nl (53563FBD.cable.casema.nl [83.86.63.189]) by mta-fe.casema.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486E41927E5 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:47:23 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:47:23 +0200 From: Cor van Wandelen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060621024723.282db558@bsdbox.cable.casema.nl> In-Reply-To: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> References: <44978913.3070401@Metrol.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.8.19; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: AMD64 Desktop Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:08:37 -0000 On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:35:15 -0700 Michael Collette wrote: > Bit of a dilemma here with my primary desktop machine suddenly up and > dieing on me. I'm now in the market to slap together a new PC > > I've started with looking at picking up an AMD64 based system. After > Googling around for a while I still have some concerns I haven't been > able to address. Probably just not looking the right places. > > Mostly I'm worried about some of the proprietary stuff like Flash, > Acrobat, nVidia Drivers, Java, and the like not working. > > Is anyone out there actively using the AMD64 processor as a desktop > machine? Are any of these 32-bit apps going to prove to be a show > stopper for me? > > The alternative appears to be the P4 with all the motherboards I've > seen using audio devices that aren't supported. Still, I'd rather > buy an old sound card and have all the software at least functional. > Any advice out there? > > Thanks, I tried the AMD64 version some time ago. Unfortunately I have to use Win'XP sometimes and an ext2 filesystem with the right Windows driver enables me to share files between XP and FreeBSD. For me 'Problem Report amd64/69704 : ext2/ext3 unstable in amd64' was the reason to switch back to the 32 bits version of FreeBSD again as it locked up every time I wrote or read a ext2 filesystem. Cor