Re: Switching to 64 bit
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 6/28/2013 2:49 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
>
>> For now I will run regular 32-bit Sid..realizing I am wasting
>> the opportunity to utilize more memory and perhaps faster operations.
>
> Your 32 bit PAE Sid kernel can address 64GB. Since your new machine
> will have less than 64GB RAM you're wasting no opportunity. Your only
> limitation is 2GB per process. How many of your apps consume more than
> 2GB of RAM?
Can't speak for him of course, but my SeaMonkey is currently using
4.2 GB RES and 5.3 GB VIRT (probably north of 200 tabs)
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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