[PlanetCCRMA] F7 i386 or F7 x64??

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Sat Dec 15 18:59:01 2007


On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 20:45 -0800, pyrael wrote:
> I noticed that currently there are 407 packages for i386 and only 223 for
> x64. I really don't use alot of the packages (As far as I know) but I would
> like to know if changing to x64 would be a good Idea.
> 
> Here's the software i use on a constant basis:
> Rosegarden (I know, fedora repo :P)
> Jack, QJack Control, Jack mix etc..
> Qsynth
> Audacity
> Effects: Reverb, Delay, Chorus etc...
> 
> can i safely switch?

It would seem so, as far as I remember those apps are available for
x86_64. Things like chuck, pd and supercollider are missing, which you
apparently are not interested in. 

x86_64 does not see much testing from my part. 

Is there a particular reason why you want to change architecture?
-- Fernando