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64 bit?

Posted Aug 30, 2005 17:56 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: 64 bit? by dwheeler
Parent article: The second OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta

the problem isn't the speed, it's the need to install a full set of 32 bit libraries just for the one program to use.

this is especially bad on some distros (Debian) where you end up having to create a chroot environment to run openoffice in.

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