[Wine] Halo PC update error

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at sprintpcs.com
Sun Mar 23 21:58:37 CDT 2008


Dan Kegel wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM, starfox5194 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
>   
>> yes, but sadly the debian installer wont allow an i386 file to be installed on amd64 linux
>>     
>
> The path of least resistance is, perhaps, to install a 32 bit linux.
>
> As I've said many times before, I am skeptical about
> the usefulness of 64 bit operating systems for the
> average user.  Stay away from the bleeding edge
> unless it buys you something real, is what I say...
>
>   
Dan:

I agree with your comments about 64 bit OS's at this point.  32 bit OSs 
are solid and have been throughly tested. 

As to Wine failing to compile, it is a 32 bit application and needs 32 
bit libraries.

James McKenzie



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