Re: State of 64bit desktop

[kj <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

Thanks for all the replies.  With regards to the chroot, I tried this a 
few years ago when the chroot idea just came about.  It was kinda messy 
then but don't ask me the details.

It looks like things are more viable now, I'll give it a go.  Just need 
to order another drive first.

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


4GB currently but I'm looking to add 2 or so.

Yes, PAE allows you to address more than 4GB, but (as far as I know) you 
still have a 4GB per process limit, theoretically.  In practice things 
don't always work so well and MySQL in particular doesn't always 
appreciate the presence of PAE.

--kj