Why I've switched to Opera

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org>

| On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:45:36AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote
| 
| > No pure 64bit firefox?  Really?
| 
|   Because the post I was replying to said that I was comparing
| source-code versus compiled executable, I deliberately chose
| firefox-bin.  The Gentoo ebuild, at least, appears to require 32-bit
| compatability support in a 64-bit install.  That's not "pure 64-bit" as
| far as I'm concerned.  Do you have 32-bit multilib support enabled?
| Here's what I got when trying to emerge firefox-bin in a 64-bit
| environment with no 32-bit multilib support...

What does that mean?

A process, as far as I know, is either 32-bit or 64-bit.  Requiring
multilib support (i.e. two copies of selected libraries, one version
32-bit and one version 64-bit) suggests some 32-bit programs are
expected to be run.  What could they be?  Most probably some plugin
adapter to run Adobe Flash (because it is only available in binary
form and usually only in 32-bit at that).

So this is likely some kind of Gentoo packager's choice.

Since I avoid Flash, I don't have much sympathy.
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