Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:45:35 -0600 From: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> To: Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: "Panter V." <panter@as.ro>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 or amd64 ? Message-ID: <43F392EF.3070706@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420602151229t29a64563md96adc61d17b836f@mail.gmail.com> References: <43F37BBA.10708@as.ro> <cb5206420602151229t29a64563md96adc61d17b836f@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE5147C4727C9808BC002DE49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On 2/15/06, Panter V. <panter@as.ro> wrote: >> I want to use this computer as a development server and firewall. I wi= ll >> run Apache 2, PHP 5, MySQL, Samba, an FTP server ... >=20 > You'll have no problems with these programs on amd64. Printer > drivers are probably platform-independent >=20 >> At a later time I would like to use this computer as a workstation as >> well and I will need KDE, OpenOffice 2, Thunderbird, Firefox, Eclipse = =2E.. >=20 > You'll probably want to use i386 on a workstation for > various compatibility issues. Difference in speed is close > to unmeasurable. Give amd64 a shot, but you might > find a show-stopper and will have to switch to i386. >=20 > So if you have some time to experiment, try amd64 > anyway. If you need to set up a box that you don't > want to mess with once again, you'll have to stick to > i386. I use amd64 on my main workstation. There are a few things that I wish worked, such as Flash (without using the Linux versions) and the nVidia display drivers. Generally though everything else works great. Xorg, Xfce, Firefox, Thunderbird, XChat, XMMS, mplayer, VLC, rTorrent, irssi, klibido, K3b, Audacity, GIMP, etc are all programs that I use quite a bit and have no problems with. OpenOffice might be a little problem as I have not figured out Java yet on amd64. I believe I have seen people do it but I have not had the need to use it. I know it's a hassle even on i386 with getting all the files manually from Sun's site and logging in and all that, so I just have not bothered. I'd try amd64 and see how it works for you. If it doesn't, you can always switch. -Mark --=20 GnuPG Public Key: http://www.mkproductions.org/mk_pubkey.asc Internet Radio: Party107 (Trance/Electronic) - http://www.party107.com Rock 101.9 The Edge (Rock) - http://www.rock1019.net IRC: MIXXnet IRC Network - irc.mixxnet.net (Nick: MIXX941) --------------enigE5147C4727C9808BC002DE49 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD85LylH2ybcmj7I8RAmtFAJ0bZcliXzvh/Qrayhqx6+cTmO1UcQCeOq+y mOKFCoel1gSEnch1ugwo+BY= =y4g1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE5147C4727C9808BC002DE49--
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