On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:44:54 -0400, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > I am currently running i386 with 8gb of RAM using the -bigmem kernel. As > I understand, each process becomes limited by 3GB or so of RAM.
With a PAE enabled kernel, you (applications) can bypass that limit by using memory mapping (mmap) so there could some apps that will benefit for accessing over that 3 GiB on a per process basis. > I can't really comprehend why any *desktop* user would need/want 64bit > at this time. As long as physical memory increases (beyond >8 GiB), there are performance penalties while using a 32 bits PAE kernel. It's said is better to switch into a pure 64 bits OS. > Although, 64bit doesn't have the java and flash issues it had not > long ago, I would not be surprised if there is still some hassle > involved. Today there are a few (none?) issues at all. Although there are still some counted applications that require a 32 bits OS to work. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
