Re: FreeBSD 64-bit: Desktop ready?

In article <444pvwspeo.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
kargl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Steven G. Kargl) writes:

FreeBSD-amd64 works fine as a desktop system. The only
thing that is missing is flash, and some of us really
don't miss flash.

A quick grep through the ports tree shows me a few hundred (maybe 500)
other ports that aren't available on amd64 (and a few that may have
slightly different functionality). Flash seems to be the only port
anybody notices missing for desktop use.

Many of those 500 or so ports have never been tested on AMD64, so
the maintainer leaves the i386 only restriction. Others have these
nice long dependencies, so you need to be careful that the port
picks up 32-bit versus 64-bit libraries.

I've been using amd64 for 2 to 3 years. I can assure you that
it makes a good desktop system.

--
Steve
http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/
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