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On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 07:22:06PM +0200, Jostein Chr. Andersen wrote:

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> måndag 27 september 2010 22.26.17 skrev  Josh Lawrence:

> > Hi everyone,

> >

> > I'm late to the party when it comes to 64-bit machines, so apologies

> > in advance if I am asking something that should be obvious...

> >

> > I recently purchased a 64 bit machine and like it a lot, but I've

> > noticed that some software that is usually available on a 32 bit

> > machine isn't available in the 64 bit repos that I am using.  Can I

> > install the 32 bit version of my distro (Debian) on my 64 bit machine?

> >  I'm assuming that would give me access to all 32 bit software.  It

> > would also be a performance hit, correct?

>

> Another thing you might miss on a 64-bit machine/OS is the lack of real VST

> support (AFAIK) and some commercial native 64-bit Linux apps like Guitar Pro.

i develop fst on a 64bit machine.
> I made a decision to use 64 bit only; I have several big sound sample libs

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> (like NDK where the Hihat alone weighs more than 3.5 GB!) and did not want to

> have any memory limits, so VST's just don't exists in my world. I know that's

> a lot of great VST's around, I just don't care and is (in my ignorance) more

> than happy with what the 64-bit world can offer without  wrappers for 32-bit

> programs and wine. Well, to be honest: I miss a 64-bit version of Guitar Pro.

sometimes running 32bit apps is a bit of hassle, but it is possible.

distros fuck this up sometimes.
--

torben Hohn

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