This is patently incorrect:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:44 AM, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Yes, you can get 'pure 64' systems (think Red Hat).<br>
And you can 'fix them' by installing the hybrid 32-bit libraries, but I'd rather stay away from it.<br>
ET <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>CentOs 6 using regular repo used both 32bit and 64 bit libraries - seamlessly.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no reason to "fix" anything in modern linux distributions. </div>
<div><br></div><div>There once was, however this is no longer a factor. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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Nathan England writes: <br>
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I'll expand *your* question! <br>
Are there any *pure* 64-bit OS options out there? Beyond a linux from scratch build, which I have currently that is still pure 64-bit, what is there?<br>
every distro I know of has 32-bit libraries band-aided on to make some 32-bit that refuses to die run. <br>
Nathan <br>
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On Friday, May 31, 2013 13:32:55 <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:<br>
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Well, I'll expand the question...<br>
Performance and memory access considerations aside, the reason why I have<br>
always 'gone 32' is because applications availability. Back when, flash was<br>
the limiting factor because it was a PAIN to run it in 64 bits (if at all<br>
possible).<br>
And some other things... <br>
For years, I've been lazily sticking to 32 bits to avoid potentially<br>
problematic issues. Now, if that landscape has changed, and<br>
application-wise 32 and 64 bits are irrelevant, I'd certainly like to<br>
convert to 64. <br>
Question is (again, performance and memory access considerations aside):<br>
What are the potential problems of running on a pure 64 environment for as<br>
long as you stick to apt-get (or yum)?<br>
ET <br>
keith smith writes:<br>
> Hi,<br>
> > Even though I have 64bit hardware I always install the 32bit version of<br>
> Linux. I do so because of the past discussions on this list that made me<br>
> believe the 32bit OS was better because 64bit caching is actually slower<br>
> due to the requirement that the cache be filled to a certain point before<br>
> it is moved. I think I recall something about the amount of RAM having<br>
> some effect here also.<br>
> > Using a 32bit version over a 64bit version seems counter intuitive,<br>
> however that is what I have taken away from these conversations about<br>
> 32bit vs 64bit Linux.<br>
> > I'm using CentOS 6.x on a LAMP server that gets a low amount of traffic. > However I may make the jump to Linux on my desktop this summer. (this<br>
> will be my 3rd attempt to become M$ free except one VM so I can use IE<br>
> for testing) I think all of my hardware is 64bit. > > So that begs the question, is 32bit better than 64bit or do I not<br>
> understand the issue?<br>
> > Thank you for your feedback.<br>
> > Keith<br>
> > ------------------------<br>
> > Keith Smith <br>
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