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Re: State of 64bit desktop



s. keeling <keeling@nucleus.com>:
>  kj <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>:
> >  Hi guys,
> 
>  Not to mention other people?  :-|
> 
> >  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 
> 
>  I've had both Lenny and Sidux installed on my Sparc U30 64 bit.  I
>  can't guarantee that that shite runs well on it, but stock Debian

Just to be clear, I was alluding to flash and java there.

>  appears to run fine.  Now, I'm fiddling with Splack (Slackware for
>  Sparc), which is interesting.  It's very happy with NetBSD.  fwiw.


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