[Ardour-Users] 64bits

[Al Thompson]

On 10/11/2011 06:46 AM, Brett McCoy wrote:
>> I have noticed however software compatibility for many linux audio apps is better
>> in 32 bit (still).. which is disappointing but my production system is 32 bit and
>> will be until this situation changes.
>
> What compatibility issues? I use 64-bit on one of my machines (mainly
> for video & graphics), and haven't run into any compatibility issues.
> I even run 32-bit Windows apps under Wine (Zbrush) and they run fine
> on 64-bit Linux. I do still use 32-bit for my audio workstation but
> that is changing soon.
>

Pretty much the same here.  The only problem I've had with 64bit is
getting flash to work under Firefox.  It's pretty low on the list of
priorities, but it is an annoyance.

All of the audio apps I use run fine in 64 bit (Fedora 14).


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