Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:39:54 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.uni-mainz.de> To: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: openoffice support and other ports Message-ID: <44A0380A.1000902@mail.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <1151350344.40202.10.camel@triton.mcneil.com> References: <1151350344.40202.10.camel@triton.mcneil.com>
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Sean McNeil wrote: > Hi folks, > > AMD64 support by the most popular and useful ports for a desktop > environment are in great shape. I now can natively: > > 1) Use all the GNOME environment with few problems. This has been > working a long time. > > 2) Use Java 1.5 with eclipse without issue. This has been around for a > few months. > > 3) Use OpenOffice. So far, I've edited a few MS Word and a PowerPoint > presentation with great success. This is very recent. Only a couple of > days since this has worked. Great job! > > The only thing missing that would cap it all off is a Java plug-in to > the web browser. > > There are occasional crashes with some applications like evolution (only > on exit) and Liferea, but overall everything has been rock solid and > extremely usable. > > Cheers, > Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Are they really AMD64 ports or do they still need some ia32-compat-tweaks? I wonder if JAVA is now fully 64Bit. oliver
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