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From: Andriy Tovstik <sql82@list.ru>
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Subject: Re: To amd64 or not to amd64?
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Hi, Alex
i have a FreeBSD AMD64 based desktop machine, and it works fine. 
BUT! Vidia driver for 64-bit platform is missing...
Some ports ( such as wine or opera ) exist only for i386 platform...
You can easily continue i386 using, it is too early to switch to amd64
IMHO :)

WBR, Andriy "squirL" Tovstik
ICQ UIN 325540316
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