Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:19:17 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: switching from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <50CE10A5.7070504@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkKxOrL0N1hv2cpKRW9acRjVUhhNgK_TA8URq6P0iUvUA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/16/12 11:00, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I have been using i386 (-STABLE) for years now and was wondering if > switching to amd64 finally makes sense (i.e. are enough ports working > on it now [xfrce4, firefox, libreoffice, openjdk-6, tomcat, mysql, > apache22, flash, cups, devel/aegis, devel/cook, devel/fhist, > virtualbox-ose, nvidia-kmod are the minimal ones I need]) the main > reason for asking is PAE seems to be broken now and virtualbox-ose > refuses to let me install 64 bit OS's like Win 8. I've been using amd64 since I built my current box in April 2008 (starting with 7.0-RELEASE) and have never had a problem. However, I avoid Flash like the plague it is. I recently installed an nVidia card and have no problems with the driver - the latest release dealt with the screen flash problem I had been having. As far as I understand, PAE usage has always had the caveat that certain device drivers may not work with it, and I suspect PAE support is suffering bit rot.
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