Comments on: Fedora Core 6 - 64 bit http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2007/04/01/fedora-core-6-64-bit/ making sense of mixed up software Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Fedora Core 6 - 64 bit by: Philip http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2007/04/01/fedora-core-6-64-bit/#comment-530 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:56:11 +0000 http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2007/04/01/fedora-core-6-64-bit/#comment-530 I'm planning to install Fedora 7 as 64bit on my laptop. I've tried to go fully 64bit a few times - the main hold up each time was Openoffice.org but this will no longer be the case. Here's some of the tips I've managed to learn: 1. 32 bit firefox plugins work using nspluginwrapper. I preferred this option to having a 32bit firefox. 1b. Realplayer and Flash have to be 32bit for the time being, I've managed to avoid needing any other 32bit apps. The only possible problem could be that they both use the fedora alsa libs. 2. Most media can be played using gstreamer - which means not having to use xine 32bit + win32 codecs. Most of the other tips are hardware specific (like getting a broadcom wifi working with x86_64). I’m planning to install Fedora 7 as 64bit on my laptop. I’ve tried to go fully 64bit a few times - the main hold up each time was Openoffice.org but this will no longer be the case. Here’s some of the tips I’ve managed to learn:

1. 32 bit firefox plugins work using nspluginwrapper. I preferred this option to having a 32bit firefox.
1b. Realplayer and Flash have to be 32bit for the time being, I’ve managed to avoid needing any other 32bit apps. The only possible problem could be that they both use the fedora alsa libs.
2. Most media can be played using gstreamer - which means not having to use xine 32bit + win32 codecs.

Most of the other tips are hardware specific (like getting a broadcom wifi working with x86_64).

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