[clue-tech] 32 ~and~ 64?

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

You can do biarch and use both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries.  I think some of the 64-bit distros might support that.  See if you have both /lib and /lib64.  If you do have both, see if one is a link to the other.  If they aren't, you have a biarch setup.

There are some programs that run only in 32-bit mode.   Flash is one.  I think OpenOffice is too, unless you compile it yourself.

My laptop is pure 64-bit.  Swfdec handles some videos, but not all.  I tried building a biarch systemabo0ut 2 years ago, but it was a pain and there were some issues, so I started over as pure 64.  Maybe now it's easier to build biarch.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> Y'know what I'd ~really~ like?  I'd like to run Linux i386 sometimes, and Linux 
> AMD64
> sometimes.  There are some really important apps (games, of course) that I just 
> can't
> run right in 64-bits...  What is the most sharing I can do between the two?  I 
> think
> they could share /home partitions, and probably /etc as long as I'm using the 
> same
> version of the same distro...  What else could I share between the two?  /var?  
> /usr?
> 
> Is there a memory cap of "slightly less than 4GB" on Linux i386?  Not that 
> that'll
> affect me right off the bat, but it's nice to know anyway.
> 
> David L. Willso
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