64 bit FC6 equal to FC32 in completeness

[Charles Tuckey]

On 1/21/07, Bob Hartung <rwhart at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>   I am reinstalling FC6 on a new MB and CPU.  Since I now
> can use the 64
> bit version I am wondering if the distro for the 64 bit
> version of FC6
> is as complete as the 32 bit version?  Will probably use the
> KDE desktop
> so that will need to be there also.
>
> I've been running a 64 bit FC6 for a couple months now.

I can't speak to KDE since I use gnome but there are few things that are
difficult or impossible to do with a 64 bit OS:
1) Firefox plugins - some, like Flashplayer, only come in 32 bit versions.
Supposedly ndispluginwrapper will help with this but I was never able to get
it to work. I installed 32 bit Firefox instead.
2) win32 codecs - not all win32 codecs have 64 bit versions
3) java webstart - Sun does not supply a 64 bit version. I haven't tried
jumping through the hoops yet to install the 32 bit version. I assume it is
possible.
4) Adobe Acrobrat Reader does not come in a 64 bit version.
5) Many drivers only come in 32 bit mode. For my wireless card driver I used
ndiswrapper with success.

It is easy to run 32 bit applications in FC6 but all libraries used by the
application must also be 32 bit. If you're not careful you end installing
duplicate systems - one 64 bit and one 32 bit.

charlie
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