cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <4581B401.8010302 at samsco.org>
            Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> writes:
: M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <20061214192036.2BBBE45042 at ptavv.es.net>
: >             "Kevin Oberman" <oberman at es.net> writes:
: > : > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:07:03 -0700 (MST)
: > : > From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com>
: > : > Sender: owner-cvs-all at freebsd.org
: > : > 
: > : > In message: <346a80220612140903meecf42av7383632e8173525 at mail.gmail.com>
: > : >             "Coleman Kane" <zombyfork at gmail.com> writes:
: > : > : Just to let you know, there are still a significant number of amd64
: > : > : single-core laptops that are still sold these days.
: > : > 
: > : > I have one myself.  But I'm considering running FreeBSD/i386 on it
: > : > because of all the issues I've had getting a working OpenOffice on it.
: > : > 
: > : > Warner
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: > : 
: > : The new release of OOo is SUPPOSED to be 64-bit clean. I have no idea
: > : when 2.1 will be ported to FreeBSD, but I hope it will be soon.
: > : 
: > : OTOH, I see little reason to run amd64 on most systems which don't have
: > : large memories or some other specific reason to run it. The binaries are
: > : larger and generally performance changes are minimal.
: > 
: > Last time I tried to build, I tripped over the jdk needing java
: > needing mozilla and mozilla was marked as not buildable due to
: > security issues.
: > 
: > Warner
: 
: I wonder if you can get around the java mess by defining WITH_GCJ.  That 
: said, Staroffice has been worth the price many times over.  Hell, if you
: put an hourly consulting rate on the time that you've spent trying to 
: get OOo to build, you'd probably have enough money to by a new Macbook 
: Pro and MSOffice.  Then just dual boot to FreeBSD and/or run Parallels.

Win4BSD + OpenOffice for windows was what I was thinking...

Warner