[mythtv-users] Upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit and maybe a distroswitch?

[belcampo]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 1:33 PM, jedi wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:34:35PM -0600, match at ece.utah.edu wrote:
>>> On 19 Jun 2009 at 0:37, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are people really still afraid of 64-bit? I've had my head in the sand
Are there any facts/tests which show the benefits of going 64-bit, aside 
from the theoretical advantages ?
>>
>>   The only problem I would see with 64-bit is proprietary binaries and 
>> this
>> could be quite a show stopper (binary drivers,
> 
> All the relevant ones with any significant userbase I know of come in 
> 64-bit flavors now.
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> 
>> libraries
> 
> Non-issue if your distro actually has sane multi-lib support.
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>> or browser plugins).
> 
> Haven't seen anything nspluginwrapper couldn't handle, and the only real 
> high-demand plugin I know of it flash, and there's a 64-bit version of 
> that now too (albeit still in beta).
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