Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:35:44 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: switching from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <50CDB210.7000306@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/16/12 05:00, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have been using i386 (-STABLE) for years now and was wondering if > switching to amd64 finally makes sense (i.e. are enough ports working > on it now [xfrce4, firefox, libreoffice, openjdk-6, tomcat, mysql, > apache22, flash, cups, devel/aegis, devel/cook, devel/fhist, > virtualbox-ose, nvidia-kmod are the minimal ones I need]) the main > reason for asking is PAE seems to be broken now and virtualbox-ose > refuses to let me install 64 bit OS's like Win 8. I'm running amd64 and it seems rock-solid and well supported. -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org
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