[plug] AMD64 distros

[Chris Caston]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 13:32, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> 
> > > Unfortunately the debian-amd64 project is hosted on alioth which is
> > > down at the moment :(
> > 
> > From what I know about the debian-amd64 port is that its kinda lacking 
> > packages etc
> 
> Hmm.  From what I've heard, they've got >95% of sid compiled.  There
> is very limited i386 compatibility.  Mainly it's needed for commercial
> software and for Open Office (which doesn't run on 64-bit machines).
> There's always the possibility of running arbitrary 32-bit software in
> a chroot, too.
> 
> Like every 64-bit distro, you can't use a 32-bit 3D games with 64-bit X.
> 
> Cameron.
> 

It seems like its one of these technologies which is on the horizon but
not quite there. I think 64bit Linux will have a fantastic impact in the
server area soon but the desktop will take a little longer.

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