run i386 on AMD64?

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:21:06 +0100
Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> run i386 on AMD64?
> 
> Why do this just for browsing? You can use automatix2 and it will give
> you a 32bit browser on your 64bit Ubuntu. Plus it will give you all
> the codecs etc you might want. This is what I do (Kubuntu) and I have
> no problems with my amd64 x2 3800+.

Hmm.

See for example 

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2006-June/080667.html

Automatix2 might have changed, but it pays to read what an Ubuntu developer
had to say about it. ( link above). There have also been questions about
its effect on the recent rash of upgrade problems people have reported
Dapper -> Edgy, FWIW.

Peter