Subject: RE: packages for amd64
To: 'Andreas Kahari' <ak+netbsd@freeshell.org>
From: Schothuis, Bjorn <B.Schothuis@ictk.wegener.nl>
List: port-amd64
Date: 03/23/2004 11:23:36
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andreas Kahari [mailto:ak+netbsd@freeshell.org]
> Sent: dinsdag 23 maart 2004 10:48
> To: Schothuis, Bjorn
> Cc: 'port-amd64@netbsd.org'
> Subject: Re: packages for amd64
>=20
>=20
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:28:33AM +0100, Schothuis, Bjorn wrote:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > does anyone has ideas / suggestions on what packes to use on amd64.
> > As Gnome won't make install (epiphany) I did a succesefull=20
> of enlightenment.
> > Mutt gives a bus error (that really hurts) What mail client=20
> does work.
> > Openoffice not available for amd64. when will it be? (what=20
> office package /
> > texteditor does work)
> > xmms starts up but hangs immediatly. (splay works but not=20
> so happy with
> > splay)
>=20
> I too miss mutt, and firefox...
>=20
> The KDE meta package seems to work, but takes a long time to
> compile (around four-five hours).  Its browser and e-mail client
> seems to work (but I haven't actuallt used Kmail since I do
> all my e-mailing on an external account).  The GL modules of
> xscreensaver does not work (glu problems I think), but all of
> xlockmore does.

Nope. At least not at my place. it stops at kdm (missing a diretory and t=
he
file kdmrc and that's part of kde-base)

>=20
> I'm a Vi person, so I don't really know about Office packages

Vi is nice but not for making pdf's and reading MSword doc's (auch)

> and weird stuff like that.  And I'm happy if my machine beeps at
> me occasionally, so audio is somehting that I don't spend much
> time thinking about.
>=20
> ... and I'll probably move back to fvwm2 or twm as soon as I've
> grown tired of fiddling with all those kde settings.  That
> shouldn't take too long.
>=20
> The 'mail' command works (it's in the base system), as does the
> links-gui package (doesn't handle web page layouts very well,
> but I don't mind).

Yes they do :) but my gforce feels silly about them ;)

>=20
> amd64 is still an experimental port, so I'm not too worried
> about software support right now.  I can do all I need to do.
>=20

let's hope that at least mutt will join in the near future.

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