Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-05 Thread German Andres Pulido
there still doesnt seem to be a 64bit java plugin Wrong. There _is_ an official java plugin for 64 bits linux. It's a new feature in JRE 6u12. Check www.java.com Regards. German ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-04 Thread dnk
On 3-Mar-09, at 3:01 PM, Rainer Duffner wrote: Am 03.03.2009 um 23:57 schrieb Jerry Franz: Paul Hussein wrote: there still doesnt seem to be a 64bit java plugin You can use the 32bit plugin if you change the launcher script to launch the 32 bit version of firefox instead of the 64

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-03 Thread Florin Andrei
Dnk wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Nice plans to add more ram. The machine will just be a backup machie (rsync). For a server type of thing, 64 bit is usually perfect. 32 bit is sometimes a better deal on desktops, but even

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-03 Thread Paul Hussein
there still doesnt seem to be a 64bit java plugin On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Florin Andrei flo...@andrei.myip.orgwrote: Dnk wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Nice plans to add more ram. The machine will just be a backup

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-03 Thread Jerry Franz
Paul Hussein wrote: there still doesnt seem to be a 64bit java plugin You can use the 32bit plugin if you change the launcher script to launch the 32 bit version of firefox instead of the 64 bit version. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Florin Andrei flo...@andrei.myip.org

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-03 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 03.03.2009 um 23:57 schrieb Jerry Franz: Paul Hussein wrote: there still doesnt seem to be a 64bit java plugin You can use the 32bit plugin if you change the launcher script to launch the 32 bit version of firefox instead of the 64 bit version. Or konqueror, which somehow uses

[CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Dnk
Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Nice plans to add more ram. The machine will just be a backup machie (rsync). Thanks in advance. D ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Dnk d.k.emailli...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Nice plans to add more ram. The machine will just be a backup machie (rsync). Thanks in advance. These days I'd do all servers and

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread dnk
On 2-Mar-09, at 8:17 AM, Ross Walker wrote: These days I'd do all servers and development boxes 64-bit and only deploy 32-bit for end-user workstations. The VM management and file system management advantages are real no matter how much memory you have and the 32-bit support is perfect so

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM, dnk d.k.emailli...@gmail.com wrote: On 2-Mar-09, at 8:17 AM, Ross Walker wrote: These days I'd do all servers and development boxes 64-bit and only deploy 32-bit for end-user workstations. The VM management and file system management advantages are real no

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:26:46 -0800 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: On 2-Mar-09, at 8:17 AM, Ross Walker wrote: These days I'd do all servers and development boxes 64-bit and only deploy 32-bit for end-user workstations. The VM management and file system management

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread John R Pierce
All of the x86 flavor 64-bit processors (IA64 and x86_64) will run 32-bit x86 applications. CentOS (RHEL) comes with a complete set of 32-bit libraries. not to be pedantic or anything, but IA64 refers to Intel Itanium, which isn't really x86 flavor at all, and runs 32bit x86 poorly at

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread dnk
On 2-Mar-09, at 9:15 AM, Robert Heller wrote: Just for clarification, What do you mean by 32-bit support is perfect? All of the x86 flavor 64-bit processors (IA64 and x86_64) will run 32-bit x86 applications. CentOS (RHEL) comes with a complete set of 32-bit libraries.

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Warren Young
Dnk wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Yes, unless you're not turning on swap. Once you add swap to a system with 4 GB of RAM, you need either PAE or 64-bit to actually use the swap. Since 64-bit CPUs became cheap last year,

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Warren Young war...@etr-usa.com wrote: Dnk wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Yes, unless you're not turning on swap.  Once you add swap to a system with 4 GB of RAM, you need either PAE or 64-bit to

Re: [CentOS] 32 or 64 bit (4 gb ram)

2009-03-02 Thread dnk
On 2-Mar-09, at 9:37 AM, Warren Young wrote: Dnk wrote: Is there any real advantage to using 64 bit when I am right at the 4gb ram threshhold? Yes, unless you're not turning on swap. Once you add swap to a system with 4 GB of RAM, you need either PAE or 64-bit to actually use the