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Maletor
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 Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:21 pm Post subject: Hardware |
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I am receiving a new computer that is top of the line: AMD 64 FX-51 and Sapphire Radeon 9800XT. With 4 SATA 10,000 rpm's harddrives. I hate to brag  , but this is complementary becuase a friend of mine has a connection with a computer company in Singpore. However, my question is will Gentoo work with this? Also do you think everything will soon be ported to AMD64; is that the direction it's going? |
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LaNcom
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1.) gentoo should work (more or the less, read below).
2.) ATI doesn't offer 64bit Linux drivers, but I think that will change soon (now that Intel joined the show).
3.) What applications do you want to see ported? |
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Maletor
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| Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Wine for running windows applications and games |
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LaNcom
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| Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Wine works fine, you only need a 32bit binary (or compile it in 32bit). |
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Maletor
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| Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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So in summary with my new 64 bit computer I could do everything a normal 32 bit computer could do with no limitations?
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LaNcom
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No. This is a really bad idea. It won't work that way, and would be, in fact, dangerous.
Either download and compile manually (without using portage), or grab a binary at Wine Daily Builds... |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| You don't need to do anything special to run a 32-bit application right? Is there anything critical I am missing in that would affect my 64-bit computer? What should I anticipate? |
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LaNcom
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It is possible to run 32bit binaries just like any other binary.
But it's not possible to link 64bit applications against 32bit library and vice versa, so portage would go crazy if there were a mix of 64bit and 32bit ebuilds installed.
gentoo uses so called "emul" libs to make 32bit apps work (don't be afraid, that won't slow down the applications), but you should never try to make portage compile any package as 32bit - just use RPM's (Redhat9 or FC1 works), convert them with rpm2tgz, and everything should work.
Or you could create an ebuild for each 32bit binary application, that way they are easier to uninstall. |
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Gentoo on AMD64
