Hard decision

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

Hello,

On Wednesday 22 March 2006 11:38, Mariano López Reta wrote:
> Fellow co-listers:
<snip>
> I'm downloading both x86-64 and i386 versions of FC5, so the big
> question is: should I "downgrade" to i386 in order to get all firefox
> plugins, 

I run 32-bit version of Firefox in on 64-bit environment. No problem at all 
with plugins, etc. 

> less compilation hassles when compiling 3rd-party stuff, 

I've never had any hassles doing any compilation of 3rd-party stuffs (I've 
done a lot of those). Furthermore, 32-bit compatibility libraries are 
installed with 64-bit version (or you can always install those with no 
conflict), so there is no problem also is you have to link/run 32-bit apps.

RDB
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Reuben D. Budiardja
Dept. Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN