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Re: State of 64bit desktop



On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:47 +0100, 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.
> 
> Thanks
> --kj
> 
> 

How much memory do you have? 32-bit Linux support up to 64 GB of memory
and 32 processors. 

-- 
Regards,


Aniruddha



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