Chosing a new PC
John Stumbles wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:09:48 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Can. but not always and not always seamlessly. If the right 2 bit
libraries are not available, you are in serious geek territory to get
things working.
I'm thinking that if I run a basic 64-bit Debian on the machine with
VirtualBox, I can then run a 32-bit distro in one VM so I should be able
to use whatever works with my peripherals. Wouldn't I?
Yes. Probaly use a windoze for the scanner at least, as Xsane is a bit crap.
But you do need to talk to printers directly. Thst not a 64 bit issue
tho, its a cups PPD issue.
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