64bit linux audio was Re: [linux-audio-user] The best distro for music creation

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 15:44 +0000, Michael T D Nelson wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 10:33 +0000, studio-64 wrote:
> > 
> >>I would reccomend a duel boot system with a 32bit OS for the other
> >>stuff you'll need to do like OPen office, Flash ( websites get very
> >>tiring with a constant naggin from Firefox to install/update flash!)
> >>Plus you'll need to backup and burn DVD's. 
> > 
> > Why can't you run OpenOffice or burn DVDs on a 32 bit system?
> 
> This puzzled me for a minute. I think you either misunderstand the 
> previous post, or made a typo?
> 
> I think he is saying that he has difficulty doing these things with 64 
> bit software - and consequently is recommending a dual-boot set-up with 
> a 32 bit O/S installed specifically for these tasks.
> 
> It sounds to me as though he *can* do these things in 32 bit, but has 
> difficulty in 64 bit.

Sorry, that was a typo.

What I meant was, you mean dvdrecord and OpenOffice have not even been
ported to 64 bit Linux yet?!?

If so it implies shockingly bad code.  Most 32 bit C applications should
"Just Work" on a 64 bit system.

Lee