Do 32 bit apps run in x86_64?

General Schvantzkoph wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:19 -0700, Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote:
>
>> John Hasler wrote:
>>
>>> Wanna-Be Sys Admin writes:
>>>> Flash might work for 64 bit, but it often crashes people's browsers
>>>> (mine and everyone I know that runs 64 bit).
>>>
>>> It's solid here on Debian/Sid AMD64 using the package from
>>> <http://www.debian-multimedia.org>.
>>
>> I don't use Debian, but I have noticed that a lot of stuff is
>> packaged for Debian that is a hassle to find for things like
>> CentOS/RHEL, etc. Not that I need an RPM/package, but I can't find a
>> bin or source for these things to work either (not for the browser
>> anyway).
>
> Do you have the EPEL and karan repositories installed on your CentOS
> system? Redhat strips RHEL to the barebones, it's even missing Xemacs.
> The karan and EPEL repositories get you access to a number of Fedora
> packages which have been rebuilt for RHEL.
>
> http://centos.karan.org/
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/FAQ

I'll check it out, thanks. Most of the stuff I do is server related,
which is why I like CentOS for a lot of things (with the min installs I
do), so I've not ventured all the way into things I would like for my
desktop/workstation. I appreciate the info, it might solve some
problems.
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Not really a wanna-be, but I don't know everything.