Linux on an AMD64 box...

[Jamon Camisso]

William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:25:12AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 09:56:59AM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>>> explained dual booting and virtualization as a couple of choices, and
>>> she's decided that she wants to dual boot.  
>> Most people I know eventually find dual booting a pain because you have
>> to stop everything you are doing and switch.  You often end up only
> 
> I know this, and I explained it to my wife, but doesn't think it'll be a
> big deal.  We might know better, but nothing teaches like experience.  I
> can install VMWare later, if she decides that that is what she needs.
> 
>>> heard a few things, like Firefox having to run in 32-bit mode (or is
>>> that just Flash?  I don't remember) but I don't know how you'd set
>>> something like this up.
>> Just flash, and any other non-free plugins that only come in 32bit.
>> There are people working on getting 32bit plugins to work in 64bit
>> browsers but I am not sure if they are done yet.
> 
> So, is Flash on a 64bit machine possible?  If so, how?
> 
>>> I plan to use Debian, because that's what I use and I know it best, and
>> Well if you go with Etch, amd64 works rather well.  For Sarge it was
>> unofficial, and it does have some things lacking.
> 
> I had planned to use testing, yes.  Stable is, um, stable, but it lacks
> too many programs and updated features.

Take a look at this page:
https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id272672

It should solve most of your 64/32bit compatibility problems using
testing. mplayer, flash, w32codecs, vmware it's all there.
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