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Re: State of 64bit desktop



On Monday 11 August 2008 17:47, kj wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> At work I'm starting to push the limits of my RAM with MySQL/InnoDB on
> my workstation (I do dev/testing on my workstation).  I have 64bit
> hardware, capable of taking 8gb memory.
>
> What I'm worried about is the tools I use.  In particular, I need a
> browser with all the usual suspects working properly: flash and java
> (unfortunately some of the tools I need to use at work are written in
> these abominable languages).  Does anyone do heavy java and flash usage
> under 64bit Debian (I'm running Lenny)?  One tool in particular I'm
> forced to use is the Raritan KVM interface.  It's horrible.
>
> Is this move viable or should I rather invest in a second box (won't
> come for free).  I don't want to mess around with 32bit chroots - did
> that before and I didn't like it one bit.

No problem with flashplugin-nonfree here in amd64 etch except flash except 
nspluginwrapper takes a whole lot more cpu than I would like it to.
>
> Thanks
> --kj

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