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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:35:31 -0700
From:      Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com>
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: i386 or AMD64?
Message-ID:  <1096479331.21908.4.camel@server.mcneil.com>
In-Reply-To: <200409290943.i8T9hFUV011906@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <200409290943.i8T9hFUV011906@lurza.secnetix.de>

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On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 02:43, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> wrote:
>  > My main system is an amd64 running -current.  Everything works great:
>  > gnome, kde, ogg encode/decode, etc.  Linux32 compatibility is working =
as
>  > well.  I can even run java apps with Linux32.  The only thing lacking
>  > for me is native java so I can have java support in the browser and ge=
t
>  > eclipse going.
>=20
> Can't you just use the Linux binary of the browser and then
> use the Linux java support?  That's what I do on i386, so I
> can use all the Linux plugins etc.  (I don't have an amd64
> machine, so I can't  say for sure, but it _should_ work
> there as well.)

Yes, I could do that.  If the linux pluginwrapper worked for amd64 that
would be another option.  My desire is to run everything native,
though.  To that end I would like to get a native java VM.

> (Personally I'm using Opera for which a FreeBSD/i386 binary
> exists, but the Linux binary has been proven to be more
> stable in my environment anyway.)
>=20
> Best regards
>    Oliver

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