32bit vs 64bit Linux

[Stephen]

I have had to install the 32 bit compatibility libraries before in a couple
of different flavors. I have yet to see anything negative from doing this.
and the positive my 32 bit application is much happier for it as well.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:39 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com <
kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:

> 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 at kitepilot.com <
>> kitepilot at 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 at 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
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