Lisa, what I was referring to specifically is 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago)' (from /etc/issue) Those boxes '64-bit' boxes were unable to run 32-bit applications until I installed the 32-bit libraries. They technically were 'pure 64' until I 'fixed' them by installing such libraries... :-) ET Lisa Kachold writes: > This is patently incorrect: > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:44 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < > kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > >> Yes, you can get 'pure 64' systems (think Red Hat). >> And you can 'fix them' by installing the hybrid 32-bit libraries, but I'd >> rather stay away from it. >> ET >> > > CentOs 6 using regular repo used both 32bit and 64 bit libraries - > seamlessly. > > There is no reason to "fix" anything in modern linux distributions. > > There once was, however this is no longer a factor. > >> >> Nathan England writes: >> >>> >>> >>> I'll expand *your* question! >>> 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? >>> every distro I know of has 32-bit libraries band-aided on to make some >>> 32-bit that refuses to die run. >>> Nathan >>> >>> >>> On Friday, May 31, 2013 13:32:55 kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >>> >>>> Well, I'll expand the question... >>>> Performance and memory access considerations aside, the reason why I have >>>> always 'gone 32' is because applications availability. Back when, flash >>>> was >>>> the limiting factor because it was a PAIN to run it in 64 bits (if at all >>>> possible). >>>> And some other things... >>>> For years, I've been lazily sticking to 32 bits to avoid potentially >>>> problematic issues. Now, if that landscape has changed, and >>>> application-wise 32 and 64 bits are irrelevant, I'd certainly like to >>>> convert to 64. >>>> Question is (again, performance and memory access considerations aside): >>>> What are the potential problems of running on a pure 64 environment for >>>> as >>>> long as you stick to apt-get (or yum)? >>>> ET >>>> keith smith writes: >>>> > Hi, >>>> > > Even though I have 64bit hardware I always install the 32bit version >>>> of >>>> > Linux. I do so because of the past discussions on this list that made >>>> me >>>> > believe the 32bit OS was better because 64bit caching is actually >>>> slower >>>> > due to the requirement that the cache be filled to a certain point >>>> before >>>> > it is moved. I think I recall something about the amount of RAM >>>> having >>>> > some effect here also. >>>> > > Using a 32bit version over a 64bit version seems counter intuitive, >>>> > however that is what I have taken away from these conversations about >>>> > 32bit vs 64bit Linux. >>>> > > 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 >>>> > will be my 3rd attempt to become M$ free except one VM so I can use IE >>>> > for testing) I think all of my hardware is 64bit. > > So that begs >>>> the question, is 32bit better than 64bit or do I not >>>> > understand the issue? >>>> > > Thank you for your feedback. >>>> > > Keith >>>> > > ------------------------ >>>> > > Keith Smith >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nathan England >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> NME Computer Services http://www.nmecs.com >>> Nathan England (nathan@nmecs.com) >>> Systems Administration / Web Application Development >>> Information Security Consulting >>> (480) 559.9681 >>> >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > > (503) 754-4452 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > it-clowns.com > Chief Clown --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss