Jet2k5 Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 Once again another post to ask for advice. I already got advice from #musb, and it wasn't in the nicest form. So it's time to ask those of you that are in here but not there ( #musb ). Anyhow as some of you know , I'm building a 64-bit processor based computer. I've been having a hard time choosing what distro to run. As of right now I'm downloading Mandriva LE2005. I don't know anything, and I can't seem to find anything on how it works. From my past knowledge Ubuntu 64-bit ( which I was going to try and now I'm not with that 32-bit chroot ) has a weird way of dealing with 32-bit apps. The only way you can really run them is in a 32-bit chroot mode. So I really don't want to deal with that. Now how does mandriva handle the 32-bit/64-bit apps. I know that there isn't a plugin like flash for 64-bit but you can have a 32-bit version running on a 64-bit system. I'm hoping it's something like what I've seen in gentoo. Where you have your normal 64-bit compiled programs and then the 32-bit programs that look like firefox32. And flash32. I'm hoping for something as easy as that. Something away from a 32-bit chroot mode. Also if you have it working with Cedega please tell me your steps!!!!! I have a copies of windows, just for gaming. But that is the main purpose of the machine, to run games. If I do this from windows, I have no use for Linux. So please tell me if there has been anyone that can run it , play games with out too much hassle. Thanks. P.S. All of you that have links to important info I want them! I need them! I need to be well prepared when its time to install the OS. I want an EASY distro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowe Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 I can't really say much about it, as I only used it for a very brief time (1hour). Simply put, package selection wasn't very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet2k5 Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 I think that I'm better off with Hoary 32-bit. Just to be on the safe side. Then after that I can start testing out 64-bit distros. I do have a 160GB hdd :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowe Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Yup, that sounds like a better idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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