Re: AMD 64 and Debian

From: downtime null (downtime_at_downtimenull.com)
Date: 11/23/04

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:29:51 -0600

    On Monday 22 November 2004 04:13 pm, Alexandru Cabuz wrote:
    > > How difficult, would you say, was it to get it installed and get
    > > everything working. Do you play any games? Specifically do you play any
    > > Windows games using cedega? Are you happy with your configuration? Would
    > > you recommend this configuration to others?
    >
    > Right now I'm pretty happy with it. The difficulties I encountered were
    > mostly because of my revolting ignorance in certain respects and also
    > because of particular things about my hardware, nothing major.
    >
    > But I do not play any games, however I should warn you that ATI's
    > proprietary driver set has not been ported to AMD64, so if you want to get
    > one of those cards, especially from the high end, stick with 386. Check out
    > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html
    >
    > Right now I am in the process of installing 386 into a chroot to be able to
    > run openoffice, flash plugin, java plugin, and install the ATI drivers I
    > mentioned above, and see if there is any performance difference. it's going
    > smooth up to this point.
    >
    >
    > Not that I know anything about gaming, but just one question: since most
    > games are designed for windows, why don't you just play them in windows,
    > you know, double boot... Is there any particular reason you want to try
    > them in linux? And AMD64 Debian unstable moreover? You think the
    > performance might be that much better that it will be worth the hassle?
    >
    > Alex.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can compile anything as 64-bit. The only
    problem comes from binary only apps.

    Also let me know if I'm correct please. :) 

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