Thursday, April 9, 2009

Skype And 64-bit Linux

I recently acquired a used Athlon 64 3200 system and will need to decide whether to install 64-bit or 32-bit Linux. I prefer 64-bit but some closed source programs like Skype will definitely be a problem. There are lots of guides for getting Skype to work on 64-bit Linux. Some instruct people to install the necessary 32-bit libraries on the 64-bit system by overriding the architecture. Frankly, this idea gives me the willies. There is also a statically linked package which gets mentioned a few times. I would try a 32-bit chroot first because it solves the problem once for all 32-bit only applications.

Of course, it would be so much easier I didn't need these closed source programs... mutter, mutter...

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