Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:45:53 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: switching from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <20121216184553.395ad596@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:00:51 -0500 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> 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 did the switch 2010 and missed nothing but wine. Ok, flash is not realy working for me but I also do not miss it. Erich
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